Eli West: Founders Hall - Finding Your Voice on Guitar: Flatpicking, Melody & Songcraft

ELI WEST 

May 17 – 1:30 PM | Founders Hall | 1282 Morgan Bay Road in East Blue Hill, 1:30-3pm

Finding Your Voice on Guitar: Flatpicking, Melody & Songcraft

This hands-on session will explore flatpicking guitar techniques, finding and shaping melodies, and building confidence playing up the neck. West will also dive into songwriting—how to find inspiration and develop ideas into songs that feel grounded, personal, and uniquely your own.

A Pacific Northwest native, West is a multi-instrumentalist and creator of sonic spaces, blending bluegrass, old-time, and country traditions. His music weaves melody, rhythm, and lyrical storytelling into inviting sound worlds that draw listeners in. He has collaborated with leading figures in contemporary roots music, including Bill Frisell, Andrew Marlin, John Reischman, and Julie Fowlis.

“West’s touch is light, nimble, and beautifully fluid, without a hard edge in sight… combining the concision of old-time with the far-ranging improvisation of newgrass.”
— Acoustic Guitar Magazine

TICKETS: Tickets will be sold at the door as space allows.

• Students/Young Adults- $12

• Adults- $20

Consider joining Eli for his other Bagaduce Music engagements:

• Friday, May 15 at Little Brown Church, Round Pond, 7pm Concert

• Saturday, May 16 at TunkJoy Bakery in Steuben, 7pm Concert (Doors 5:30pm for supper and drinks at TunkJoy Bakery!)

• Sunday, May 17 at 4pm- Concert at Founders Hall, E. Blue Hill (separate ticket from workshop.)

  

Bagaduce Music is a 501 C-3, working in community to help Maine’s musical coastline sing! From Blue Hill to Belfast, Freeport to Steuben -- offering classes, ensembles, concerts, dances, and musical experiences in folk, bluegrass, jazz, community singing, and more. Tuition assistance is available, all ages and abilities are welcome.