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Kamp
Kaufman
mandolin camps
Steven S. Kaufman was born April 20, 1957 in New York City. He was
introduced to music by his father, a jazz pianist, and his mother, a
classically trained pianist. At the age of four, Steve started to play the
piano and later moved on to the cello.
At 10 he began playing the guitar, but after a
few years of strumming, he put the guitar under the bed. At 14, Steve
started "picking" the guitar and he has not
put it down since.
Steve is the only
three time winner of
the prestigious
National Flatpicking Championships held
in Winfield, Kansas, capturing lst place in 1978, 1984 and 1986.
His music covers a
broad range of styles including bluegrass favorites, popular
swing standards, Irish and Appalachian fiddle tunes, folk and country
classics and novelty tunes. Steve has been pleasing crowds from California
to Austria since 1976, performing
in a wide variety of settings from schools
and colleges, to major bluegrass festivals and concerts.
Steve keeps busy
writing instructional manuals for Mel Bay Publications, plus audio and
video instructional material for Homespun Tapes. He also has an extensive
recording career, performance
and workshop touring agenda and a full schedule of private students in
Maryville.
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