Ethan Setiawan Mandolin Workshop | San Rafael, CA | Peghead Nation

​Mandolin from the Ground Up with Ethan Setiawan

This workshop will cover the foundations of mandolin playing, including the picking hand, the fretting hand, and overall posture. We'll then look at how to practice the individual components of music - rhythm, melody, chords, and more. Finally, we'll check out how to apply some of these ideas to a common bluegrass tune and some variations thereof!

Join us In Person at the Peghead Nation studio in San Rafael, California, or on Zoom (from anywhere!).

In Person and Zoom tickets include permanent access to the video recording of the workshop on Peghead Nation.

Register for this special workshop with Peghead Nation instructor Ethan Setiawan!

BIO
Originally from Goshen, Indiana, Ethan Setiawan tried out numerous instruments before finding his way to the mandolin, making a name for himself when he won both the National Mandolin Championship in Winfield, Kansas, and the Rockygrass Mandolin Championship in Lyons, Colorado. Years later, Setiawan has become a leading voice of the mandolin, his path wending its way through traditional bluegrass, to Bach partitas, and free jazz. He performs regularly with his progressive bluegrass band Fine Ground, and Scottish fusion duo Hildaland. His previous solo albums “Flux” and “Gambit” (produced by Darol Anger) were made up of original tunes drawing from all these wells, and employed a traditional full band format. On his most recent record, “Encyclopedia Mandolinnica”, he explores the many possibilities of mandolin music through duets and trios with friends, mentors, and heroes.

Ethan teaches the Weekly Mandolin Workout course on Peghead Nation.