Music   

Ready to add some sophistication to your guitar playing; perhaps add some new songs & chords for your repertoire? Join us if you would like to learn to play guitar-based music of our roots--folk, 60’s-70’s classic rock, blues. Instruction will be chord-based and song-based and is designed for players advancing their skills. We will be covering Advanced Chords, Strumming, Tabs, “Licks,” Double Stops, Bass Runs, and Barre Chords. An Intro to Lead Acoustic Guitar section will be attached to the class.

Contact instructor for more info before the 1st class if you are interested.  surfteach1@aol.com

The more advanced recorder players participate in a group. Students will analyze and interpret the music and improve their playing! Join us as we progress along the “path to perfection”.

This class is for “beyond beginners”.

Bring your own recorder, either soprano or alto. 

Learn to play the Recorder. Stay and listen in or keep practicing with the Intermediate group. Bring your own recorder to class.

Contact  wengerfrances9@gmail.com for details.

We will first talk about the structure of the guitar (body, neck, tuning pegs etc.) and then learn how to tune it. We'll practice chord structures and some basic music theory, then strumming patterns. Soon we’ll begin playing some easy songs so moving from chord to chord will be easier.

Bring a guitar with steel or nylon strings (preferred) and a smile!

Increase your Guitar playing skills with this group of musicians. Peer learning with a Focus on The Fundamentals. Questions?? Contact frankswatek@hotmail.com

Whether you are an experienced singer or have always desired to sing, this creative chorus is for you. Together we will gain confidence in our natural singing abilities and musicianship. Performances will be scheduled when prepared. Fee for music scores. A pencil w/eraser and a 1” BLACK 3 ring binder are required.

THIS CLASS IS FULL.

Learn the fundamentals of finger style, Travis picking, finger rolls, thumb independence, and chord melodies. Review knowledge of chords and positions. Learn a variety of song styles, including: traditional, folk, country, blues, and jazz.

THIS CLASS IS FULL.

Join us as we play Irish fiddle tunes and sing traditional “pub” songs and sea shanties, while discovering a little history of the Emerald Isle. Traditional instruments (guitar, fiddle, mandolin, bodhran, tin whistles) welcome.

Jazz was born in New Orleans at the end of the nineteenth century, in a unique cultural environment shaped by African, Caribbean, French, and American influences. Introduced to France by American soldiers during World War I, jazz quickly found an enthusiastic audience and became a lasting part of French cultural life. Over the following decades, many legendary American musicians—including Sidney Bechet, Josephine Baker, Bud Powell, and Miles Davis—found in France a welcoming environment where they could perform, create, and often enjoy greater artistic freedom and recognition than at home. This course explores the rich and enduring relationship between jazz and French culture. It will be offered using music and video presentations both in person and via Zoom (HyFlex).

THIS CLASS IS FULL.

THIS CLASS IS FULL.

We are a group of amateur musicians, instrumentalists and vocalists, beginner to experienced, gathering to have fun and make music. We play and sing together while developing our personal instrumental skills. Basic song sheets with chords of favorite Folk, Blues, Country and Pop tunes are compiled in the Session’s Songbook. The Jammin’ class is built around the guitar and ukulele; but diverse instruments such as acoustic bass, banjo, harmonica, and keyboards are welcome. Bring a capo, music stand and your instrument.