Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop

registration is now open to attend the sixth annual Crown of the Continent Guitar Workshop that will be held Aug. 30 through Sept. 6 at Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork. A professional staff of teaching musicians will be joined by 12 world-renowned guitar artists for this year's workshop, which focuses on 10 distinct guitar styles offering students a choice of which master artist they would like to learn from. The classes for 2015 are: “Play with the Masters” with Dweezil Zappa and Shane Theriot; “Join the Band Live N’ Kickin’” with Dennis McCumber; “Jazz Rock Evolution” with James Hogan; “The Art of Songwriting” with Bret Boyer, with Artists-in-Residence Brett Dennen and Madeleine Peyroux each providing support during the week; “Jazz Guitar Essentials” with Mark Dzuiba; “Personalized Rock and Blues” with Jared Meeker; “Brazilian Emerges in Montana” with Romero Lubambo;“Classical Guitar Perfected” with the LA Guitar Quartet; “Six Styles A Style a Day for the Acoustic Player” with Doug Smith; and “Beyond Six-String Guitar” with Susan Mazer. Additional Artists in Residence who will be in attendance during the week include jazz legend Lee Ritenour and his all-star band, Jon Herington and David Grissom.