Tim Lerch
A workshop with World renowned guitarist educator and Emmy award winning composer, Tim Lerch.
Running from the 13th to the 16th May 2023 (*guests who are travelling for the workshop should plan to arrive on the 12th), we will be in Farnham, England for our very special residential jazz guitar workshop.
Plus we are running this workshop in partnership with our good chums at Guitar Vivo
Discovering Jazz Foundations
A four-day workshop exploring improvisation and comping in Jazz and Blues with Tim Lerch. Tim will be leading a deep-dive on harmony, fingerboard logic, Jazz substitutions and progressions, creative comping and soloing strategies, how to add colour to your chord voicings and lots more. Applying the concepts to Tim’s favourite Jazz standards and the Jazz Blues with lots of opportunities to play and jam with Tim too.
Guitar Breaks is your opportunity to spend quality time in beautiful surroundings learning, jamming and hanging with some of today’s great guitarists.
All Inclusive
You can choose to stay at The Bush Hotel or, if you are local, just join for the days.
If you prefer to organise your own accommodation, just choose the ‘Workshop Only’ option from the drop down menu.
Payments include your accommodation (as required) and meals at the hotel, 4 days of specialist workshops and sessions. Check the drop down menu for options and choose how you want to attend the workshop.
Venue
When running our residential workshops in Farnham, we are based at the Bush Hotel, located right in the heart of this classic English market town. The Bush is stuffed full of ‘oldy worldy’ features and conveniently located with good travel connections.
We love Farnham for a whole bunch of reasons. The main one being it is the home of Guitar Village, our favourite specialist guitar store!
The Detail
See below for more information about this event, how to travel to us and what to expect.
Travelling by car
Farnham is located in the south east of England and is easy to access by car. From the M25 follow the M3/A3. For more detailed directions see the map.
Train Travel within the UK
For all tickets to travel around the UK, we recommend you use the National Rail website. For example, you can buy tickets direct to Farnham from London Waterloo or Gatwick Airport.
Airports
There are numerous airports around the south of England, so it is definitely worth checking where your chosen airline flies into. The most popular for European and International flights is Gatwick Airport, which is located near Crawley, about 1 hour 20 minutes by car from Farnham. NB: Please contact us directly for further information and support when booking your flights.
We have a guide on flying to us with your guitar here.