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Seth Austen |
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Seth Austen is a prize-winning mandolinist
as well as a nationally acclaimed acoustic multi-instrumentalist;
composing, playing and teaching diverse styles from traditional
Appalachian, Celtic and New England contradance music to eastern
European Klezmer, Balkan, Scandinavian, bottleneck blues and
jazz. Seth plays a wide array of stringed instruments including
mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, mandocello, acoustic guitar, lap
steel, fiddle, 5 string banjo and fretted dulcimer.
Seth has performed
concerts, coffeehouses and festivals nationwide, and is a popular
workshop teacher at some of the nation's best-known acoustic
music camps. Seth has recorded 5 solo albums, most recently Metamorphosis
and Desert Winds and has produced, engineered and played
on over 30 recordings by other acoustic artists, three of which
have won Indie Awards from NAIRD. Seth has composed music for
PBS documentaries, written guitar and mandolin instruction books
for Mel Bay Publications and numerous other musicians have performed
and recorded Seth's tunes. In 1981 Seth was a triple winner at
The Walnut Valley National Flatpicking Championships, Winfield,
KS in fingerstyle guitar, mandolin and fretted dulcimer.
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 August Watters |
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As director of both CCMC and the New England Mandolin Ensemble, August
Watters
draws on both improvisational and composed musical forms. August is an
Emmy-award winning composer, mandolinist and guitarist with more than
25 years of performance and composition experience in varied styles. He
maintains a regular schedule of private and public bluegrass and jazz
performances, and has appeared at local, regional and international
festivals, including the Joe Val Festival (Boston), the J.D. Crowe
Bluegrass Festival (Kentucky), and the European World of Bluegrass
(Czech Republic).
August
is an Associate Professor of Ear Training at Berklee College of Music
in Boston, where he teaches classes in Ear Training,
ensembles and mandolin. Education: MastersBachelor of Music, Berklee College
of Music, Summa cum Laude, major in Jazz Composition, 1989.
Masters-level studies in traditional composition completed privately
with Harold Shapero.
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Beverly Woods
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Beverly Woods grew up in a musical family,
and began studying piano at the age of 5. Beverly has been performing
professionally since 1972, with an eclectic and ever-growing
collection of acoustic instruments, including mandolin, bouzouki,
hammered dulcimer, tsimbl, piano, accordions, 6- and 7-string
guitars, autoharp, fretted dulcimer, folk harp, concertina, nyckelharpa,
tenor banjo, and hurdy-gurdy. She has studied the traditions
of these instruments extensively, and has a natural and accessible
way of making them understandable to students.
For many years
a well-known street performer in Boston, Beverly now performs
mostly in New Hampshire with her partner, Seth Austen, and in
various ensembles. Beverly also provides music for film and multimedia
presentations, festivals and events of all kinds, New England
contradancing, and international folk dance, and is a popular
workshop leader. Beverly has released a number of recordings,
most recently Balance On Air with hammered dulcimer player
David Neiman.
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from the
founders
The Cape Cod Mandolin Camp was conceived and founded by
Seth Austen, August Watters and Beverly Woods.
Mando-Manifesto
We believe that EVERYONE
has the right to play music -- especially mandolin! In today's
busy world, we've gotten too far away from our musical traditions
-- remember, music is a SHARED activity, not a spectator sport!
Mandolinists of any level of experience can expect to leave the
Cape Cod Mandolin Camp with music and techniques to work on over
the next year, as well as new friendships with other mandolinists
of similar interests.
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