Cape Cod Mandolin Camp Faculty

Seth Austen		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.
Keith Baumann		Keith Baumann has been a professional musician and teacher for nearly 30 years. Starting with the 5-string banjo and studying with banjo master Tony Trishcka, Keith soon began to pursue the mandolin, guitar and resophonic (dobro) guitar. Keith has studied mandolin with Mike Marshall and swing legend Tiny Moore. He has toured nationally as a mandolinist with the highly acclaimed Special Consensus bluegrass band and has also performed with many great artists such as Vassar Clements, Peter Rowan, Allison Brown, Johnny Frigo, Vance Terry, Patsy Montana and Western Swing Hall of Fame member Don Burnham. He teaches at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music and is on the faculty of the Harper College music department. Keith currently makes his living as a full-time performer, bandleader and educator, performing frequently in bluegrass, jazz, western swing and dixieland groups and teaching at national music camps and workshops He writes regularly for Down Beat jazz magazine and has had articles published in both Guitar Player and Flatpicking Guitar magazine. He is currently working on his second book, which documents the rhythm guitar style of western swing legend Eldon Shamblin. In 2006 he was honored to be invited as a special guest to the Legends of Western Swing Festival in Texas.
Jim Dalton		Multi-instrumentalist and international-award-winning composer Jim Dalton specializes in historical and ethnic styles on mandolin, mandocello, guitar, Renaissance lute, bouzouki, charango, banjo (tenor, 5 string and minstrel), and other instruments. He is an active freelance player in the Boston area as a solo performer, and with ensembles from duos and trios to theater/opera and symphony orchestras. He is expert at diverse styles, among them classical, jazz, celtic, blues, and klezmer. His primary performing partnership is with his wife, soprano and guitarist Maggi Smith-Dalton. The duo tours nationwide, performing in venues such as Colonial Williamsburg and Mystic Seaport; at festivals, coffeehouses, colleges, and arts centers. Program sponsors have referred to the Daltons as "a national treasure." Jim is on the faculty of The Boston Conservatory, where he teaches music theory, ear training, and world music courses. His compositions have been performed throughout the U.S., Canada, and in Europe. He is the author of Mandolin for Beginners (Alfred Pub.) and is currently at work on a book for mandocello. The Daltons have released two recordings to date.
Marilynn Mair		Marilynn Mair is a mandolinist who, through her technical mastery and artistic interpretation, has established the classical mandolin in chamber music circles worldwide. She has performed internationally for over two decades, appearing in concert throughout Europe, North America, and the Far East. She has given hundreds of recitals, including performances at Carnegie Hall, the White House, the Newport Music Festival, Lincoln Center, Tivoli Concert Hall, the Palffy Palace, the Kennedy Center, and the Banff Centre for the Arts. She has also represented the United States at international music festivals in Italy, France, Spain, England, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and Japan, earning the title, "First Lady of the American Mandolin." Ms. Mair has released 8 highly acclaimed CDs of mandolin music, including "Vienna Nocturne," that was nominated for a Grammy award. In addition to her solo career, Ms. Mair directs and performs in a number of chamber groups. She founded and directs "Enigmatica," a mandolin octet specializing in Baroque, Brazilian, and contemporary music. She also performs and records with the eclectic "World Café Quartet." Ms. Mair is the Artistic Director of the American Mandolin & Guitar Orchestra, a group whose membership spans North America. She performs in a number of duos with different musicians, including Brazilian pianist Luiz Simas, classical pianist Nancy Nicholson, and guitarists Adam Larrabee, Sasha Lisnichuk, Robert Paul Sullivan, and Andrew Mah. Ms. Mair is a Professor of Music at Roger Williams University, in Bristol, Rhode Island.
August Watters		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, Improvisation, ensembles and mandolin. Education: Bachelor 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.
Beverly Woods		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.

	Special Guest Paulo Sá Master of the Brazilian Choro visit Paulo
Featuring Rich DelGrosso Blues Mandolin Master visit Rich

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.