Calendar

May 2, 2008: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Friday : TBA
House Concert to Benefit Calliope
at House Concert to Benefit Calliope
caliopehouse.org
calliope@calliopehouse.org
412-361-1915
This is a special intimate evening of music designed to benefit the Calliope House, a trusted and worthy acoustic and art presenting organization of long standing in Pittsburgh. Old friends.

May 3, 2008: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Saturday : 10:30 AM
Song Accompaniment Guitar Workshop
at House Concert to Benefit Calliope
caliopehouse.org
calliope@calliopehouse.org
412-361-1915
Scott will work within your existing guitar part to develop alternatives, examine other voicings, licks and bass parts, moving it to an altered tuning to provide a varied palette of techniques to enrich your accompaniment. This is about guitar techniques and ideas that will sit easily in your existing body of knowledge. This popular guitar workshop is $35 cash or check payable to "Scott Ainslie" at the door. Location TBA Participants must pre-register by contacting 412-361-1915 or calliope@calliopehouse.org. Info: www.calliopehouse.org

May 5, 2008: Retsof, New York

Monday : 1:00 PM
Teaching Performance: Across The Color Line
at York Junior High School
2578 Genesee Street
This is a Young Audiences teaching concert in the Rochester area.

May 22 - May 23, 2008 : McLean, Virginia

Thursday - Friday: 10:00 AM
Southern Voices: Black, White & Blues
with Performance Poet Glenis Redmond
at Alden Theatre
1234 Ingleside Avenue
703-790-0123

May 23 - May 25, 2008 : Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Friday - Sunday: TBA
Guitar Workshops
at Juniata College
Folk College/Huntingdon Co. Arts
simplegiftsmusic.com/folkcollege/
hcac@adelphia.net
814-643-6220
hxf11@scasd.org
www.simplegiftsmusic.com/folkcollege/

May 24, 2008: Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Saturday : 7:00 PM
Evening Concert Set
at Juniata College
Folk College/Huntingdon Co. Arts
simplegiftsmusic.com/folkcollege/
hcac@adelphia.net
814-643-6220
hxf11@scasd.org
As a part of the community-based instruction and workshops, the teacher/performers offer public concert programs in the evening. I'm leading off the Saturday night show at 7:00 p.m.
www.simplegiftsmusic.com/folkcollege/

May 27 - May 29, 2008 : Kerrville, Texas

Tuesday - Thursday: TBA
Guitar workshops
at Kerrville Blues Guitar Clinic & Folk Festival
www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com/
info@kerrville-music.com
830/257-3600
Blues Guitar Clinics

May 28, 2008: Kerrville, Texas

Wednesday : 8:00 PM
Scott Ainslie, Steve James, & Mary Flowers
Blues at the Threadgill Theater
at Kerrville Blues Guitar Clinic & Folk Festival
www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com/
info@kerrville-music.com
830/257-3600
www.kervillefolkfestival.com

May 30, 2008: Kerrville, Texas

Friday : TBA
Main Stage Concert
at Kerrville Blues Guitar Clinic & Folk Festival
www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com/
info@kerrville-music.com
830/257-3600
Freebo will be joining me on stage for a few songs prior to his own set.

June 20, 2008: Morganton, North Carolina

Friday : 7:00 PM
Lucy Allen & Marshall Goers, Ryan & Reggie Harris, Ernie Hawkins and Scott Ainslie
Etta Baker Memorial Concert
at Historic Courthouse Square
downtownmorganton@compascable.net
828-438-5252
This is a celebration of the life, music and traditions that Morganton native Etta Baker carried so gracefully and beautifully for more than ninety years.

June 27 - June 29, 2008 : Altmont, New York

Friday - Sunday: TBA
Main Stage Concert and workshops
at Old Songs Festival
Altamont Fairgrounds, Rte. 146
www.oldsongs.org
oldsongs@oldsongs.org
518-765-2815
This wonderful, family and musician friendly festival features round-robin workshops and presentations that pair up diverse performers to see what happens. This is always a great deal of fun for performers and audience members alike.
A wonderful and venerable festival!

July 23, 2008: Raleigh, North Carolina

Wednesday : 1:00 PM
Performance and Workshop to follow
at North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Road
www.ncartmuseum.org
919-839-6262
A performance in the theater with a workshop to follow.

July 24, 2008: Hendersonville, North Carolina

Thursday : 8:00 PM
A Family Concert
at Kanuga Conference Center
Kanuga Road
www.kanuga.org
mhhawes@kanuga.org
828-692-9136
A family friendly concert of acoustic blues, traditional gospel and work songs. Come to the Gooche Building.

July 27 - August 2, 2008 : Black Mountain, North Carolina

Sunday - Saturday: TBA
Guitar Week Instruction & Concerts
at Swannanoa Gathering
Warren Wilson College
www.swangathering.com
gathering@warrenwilson.edu
gathering@warren-wilson.edu
Always a fine week of guitar playing, instruction, and commeraderie in an idyllic setting. This week runs with a songwriting week and you can take classes in both camps as you like. A great combination and always a lot of fun. I'm happy to be able to come back after an absence of a couple years.

August 2, 2008: Lexington, Virginia

Saturday : 7:30 PM
Scott Ainslie
The Buddy Palmer Band
at Theater at Lime Kiln
P. O. Box 1244
www.theateratlimekiln.com
kim@theateratlimekiln.com
540-463-7088
As a graduate of Washington & Lee a long time before this venue came into being, I'm delighted to be playing this after a week of teaching at the Swannanoa Gathering's Guitar Week.

September 15 - September 18, 2008 : Durham, North Carolina

Monday - Thursday: TBA
Actin' Up: with Ernie Hawkins
Blues in Schools and Festival Concert
at Hayti Cultural Heritage Center
804 Old Fayetteville Street
www.hayti.org
vdpledger@hayti.org
919-683-1709
Three days of outreach in advance of the Bull Durham Blues Festival and a performance of "Actin' Up: Juke Joint & Holy Blues" with Ernie Hawkins.

September 27, 2008: Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Saturday : 3:00 PM
Southern Voices: Black, White & Blues
A performance with performance poet Glenis Redmond
at Historic State Theater/Plum Alley Thtr.
209 West Dixie Avenue
www.thestatetheater.org
info@thestatetheater.org
270-234-8258

November 1, 2008: Ripton, Vermont

Saturday : 7:30 PM
Coffee House Concert
at Ripton Community Coffee House
400 Richard Road
www.rcch.org
folks@rcch.org
802-453-5320
folks@rcch.org.
http://www.rcch.org/

November 6, 2008: Ashland, Virginia

Thursday : TBA
Two teaching presentations
at Randolph-Macon College
www.rmc.edu
mmalvasi@rmc.edu
804-763-3595

November 6, 2008: Ashland, Virginia

Thursday : 7:30 PM
Community Concert
at Randolph-Macon College
www.rmc.edu
mmalvasi@rmc.edu
804-763-3595

November 15, 2008: Edenton, North Carolina

Saturday : TBA
Southern Voices: Black, White & Blues
with poet Glenis Redmond
at Swain Auditorium
200 E. Church Street
www.chowanarts.org
info@chowanarts.org
252-482-8005
Glenis and I will each do workshops for elementary students and join together in the evening for a community presentation of Southern Voices.

February 21 - February 22, 2009 : Raleigh, North Carolina

Saturday - Sunday: 8:00 PM
A glorious House Concert Series
at Little Lake Hill Concerts
1213 Dixie Trail
www.bettpadgett.com/littlelakehill
bett@bettpadgett.com
919-787-6378
This is one of the finest house concert series in the country. The shows sell out, people bring food and beverages to share, listen attentively and applaud enthusiastically. This is largely due to the evident kindness of Bett herself and her husband Bill.

April 27, 2009: Ojai, California

Monday : TBA
Teaching Concerts & Storytelling Festival
at Performances to Grow On
201 Park Road
www.ptgo.org
805/646-8907

May 14, 2009: Gaston, North Carolina

Thursday : 7:00 PM
Community Concert
at Gaston Library
1555 East Garrison Blvd.
704-853-2787

June 15, 2009: Raleigh, North Carolina

Monday : TBA
Arts Integration Teacher Institute
at United Arts Teacher Institute
TBA
www.unitedarts.org
gzehr@unitedarts.org
919/839-1498, x. 230
This is a training institute for teachers, administrators, and parents from schools who come as a team to participate in workshops on integrating arts and instructional goals in the classroom. My workshop will entail having a look into African retentions in American music and culture and a workshop in which we will be writing blues lyrics and setting them to music.