Banjo 3
Intermediate
Monday with Joshua Guy
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
We're here in Chicago the blues capitol of the world. We can serve it up in many many forms: Acoustic, Electric, Traditional, Modern, and with a little jazzy flavor.
Monday with Joshua Guy
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Wednesday or Saturday with Lenny Marsh, Steve Doyle, Harlan Terson or Steve Hutchins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $302 ($282 members)
Form a blues band, rehearse, and perform in an authentic blues club.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Saturday with Steve Hutchins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $302 ($282 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Thursday with Shoji Naito
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Location: Lincoln Park - Armitage Ave
Thursday with Michael Nearpass
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday with Mark Mitchell or Peggy Browning
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $280 ($260 members)
Let it Shine on you
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Thursday with Alton Smith or Bear Williams
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $280 ($260 members)
Join one of the longest running ensembles celebrating this American music form
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
An hour long lab to make you “badder”
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday with Steve Hutchins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Learn lead and comping techniques of the major players of the Chicago blues style.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
This class alternates every session with Blues Fingerstyle 2. Mark your calendar and be sure to sign up next session.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Monday with Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Take the fingerpicking, rhythms and regional styles of the country Blues you've learned in level 1, and concentrate on open tunings and bottleneck slide in level 2.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Program Manager Krista Ortgiesen with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Saturday with Paul Kaye
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Continue working on the music of great traditional blues artists.
Location: Online
Thursday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday with Steve Hutchins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Let's head to Texas and examine the differences and similarities of these great blues brothers.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Tuesday with Camille McClellan
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Location: Lincoln Park - Armitage Ave
Sunday with Donna Herula
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Tuesday with Paul Kaye
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday or Wednesday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus or Lincoln Park - Armitage Ave
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Program Manager Krista Ortgiesen with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Monday or Sunday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
4 strings that hold everything together.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday or Sunday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Bass is the glue of ensemble music.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Sunday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Begin to apply general music theory and expand your techniques and vocabulary.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Saturday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Get up for the down stroke. Learn to work your four strings to keep folks on the dance floor.
Location: Online
Wednesday or Thursday with Skip Landt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus or Online
Thursday with David Kachalon
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Whether you're just interested in learning the basics or aspire to play at the highest level, here's where you start.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Thursday with David Kachalon
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Now that you have the fundamentals in order, build your repertoire of solos in level 2.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday with Joe Filisko
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Now that you can play some 12-bar blues, explore the elusive techniques of the masters to expand your sound and fatten up your tone.
Location: Online
Monday with Joe Filisko
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Examine the rich legacy of recordings left by the great Blues Harp masters.
Location: Online
Monday with Joe Filisko
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $264 ($244 members)
Learn authentic harmonica train imitations, fox chases, and accompaniment for blues and folk music.
Location: Online
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James G. Hart Foundation
Geraldine Keefe
Negaunee Foundation
Rob and Karen Ospalik
Tomford and Grossman Family