BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:19700308T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:19701101T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2227378:Event:628129
DTSTAMP:20260514T142749Z
SUMMARY:Free Music Workshops
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate moving Ancient Future Studios to Sonoma Count
 y, a series of free introductory in person music world music and works
 hops is being offered at the Cloverdale Arts Alliance in Northern Sono
 ma County. For those not in Northern California, a separate set of fre
 e workshops will be held online.\nCloverdale Arts Alliance, 204 N. Clo
 verdale Boulevard, Cloverdale, CA 95425. Introductory workshops: FREE.
  Ongoing classes: $150 for six more weeks. Sign up: info@cloverdaleart
 salliance.org. Online versions sign up: info@ancient-future.com.\nMatt
 hew Montfort Bio\nGuitarist Matthew Montfort is known as a world guita
 r innovator and an inspiring music instructor who helps students of al
 l levels and ages learn whatever style they desire. He is on the 100 G
 reatest Acoustic Guitarists list at DigitalDreamDoor.com along with su
 ch luminaries as Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke, Chet Atkins, John Fahey, 
 Adrian Legg, Merle Travis, John Renbourn, Tommy Emmanuel, Doc Watson, 
 Pierre Bensusan, Toni Rice, Alex Grassi, Stefan Grossman, Artie Traum,
  Joni Mitchell, and Peppino D'Agostino. He is the leader of the world 
 music group Ancient Future and performs on many instruments, including
  scalloped fretboard guitar, Glissentar 11 string fretless guitar, ele
 ctric guitar, classical guitar, flamenco guitar, bass guitar, ukulele,
  sitar, charango, mandolin, and gamelan.\nMontfort wrote the book Anci
 ent Traditions – Future Possibilities: Rhythmic Training Through the
  Traditions of Africa, Bali, and India, which has been used at many mu
 sic schools including the Berklee College of Music. Matthew Montfort w
 as on the faculty of the Blue Bear School of Music in San Francisco fo
 r three decades where he taught rock, folk, jazz, blues, classical gui
 tar, music theory, and world music. He teaches all styles of guitar, u
 kulele, bass, charango, sitar, and mandolin as well as music theory fo
 r all instruments and rhythm classes based on his book.\nBeginning Gui
 tar\n\nWednesday, February 21, 2024, 7 to 7:45 PM\nThis free introdu
 ctory beginning workshop can help aspiring guitarists get started on t
 he right track with good practice habits. An ongoing class is availabl
 e and will cover basics and feature simple pieces chosen according to 
 the musical preferences of the students. For those who don't have a gu
 itar yet, a few electric and acoustic guitars are available with the p
 urchase of an initial set of private lessons.\n\n\nFor more informatio
 n visit https://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/events/free-music-worksh
 ops
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240221T194500
CATEGORIES:music, workshop
LOCATION:Cloverdale Arts Alliance
WEBSITE:https://www.cloverdaleartsalliance.org
URL:https://www.cloverdaleartsalliance.org
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER;CN="Matthew Montfort":https://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/
 profile/MatthewMontfort
ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Matthew 
 Montfort":https://architectsofanewdawn.ning.com/profile/MatthewMontfor
 t
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR