Mark Sganga, the 2009 International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion, is often in the Midwest in September for Winfield, Kansas’s Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival. While in the area, Sganga was kind enough to come to Wichita, Kansas to work with Vance Music. As a guitarist, vocalist, and composer, Mark Sganga has traveled the world performing and / or recording with musicians including Les Paul, Herbie Hancock, and Dr. L. Subramaniam.

At the Vance Music workshop, Sganga worked with students of varying age, ability, and instrument on improvisation, or creating music in real time. He also demonstrated and taught students how to read and play off of a chord chart.

The clinic was held at First Baptist Church in the Chapel at 6:45pm. The full Vance Music staff was able to participate and students on many instruments including violin, saxophone, guitar, voice, cello, bass, and piano participated. Many family members and friends of Vance Music students attended the clinic.

Following the clinic, Sganga put on a solo concert containing pieces of multiple genres, including Bluegrass, Bossa Nova, and Samba. The Sganga 2011 concert included some of his original compositions featured on his albums, as well as some well-known cover songs.