July 3 - Aug 6 2011 The Swannanoa Gathering at Warren Wilson College

Swannanoa Gathering 2011

at Warren Wilson College

• July 3-9, Traditional Song Week
• July 3-9, Fiddle Week
• July 10-16, Celtic Week
• July 17-23, Old-Time Music and Dance Week
• July 24-30, Contemporary Folk Week
• July 24-30, Guitar Week
• July 31- August 6, Dulcimer Week

Founded in 1991 by Warren Wilson College President Emeritus Douglas M. Orr, Jr., The Swannanoa Gathering is a series of week-long workshops in various folk arts held in July and August on the campus of Warren Wilson College just east of Asheville in the heart of North Carolina's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. With a limited enrollment and an 'open' format which allows each student to select their own curriculum from a variety of courses, we offer an intimate, supportive community experience for students of all abilities, featuring a staff of some of the finest performers and teachers in the world.

The workshops take place at various sites around the Warren Wilson campus and environs, including classrooms, Kittredge Theatre, our Bryson Gym dancehall and campus Pavilion, the campus gardens and patios, an outdoor amphitheatre, and our own jam session tents. Each year we offer over 150 classes. Students are free to create their own curriculum from any of the classes offered for each week.