Wednesday or Thursday with Chris Walz or Laird Patten
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
For anyone attracted to the 5-string banjo but not sure which style to try first, this is for you!
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus or Lincoln Park - Armitage Ave
Tuesday with Dan Mulvihill
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Begin by using chords to strum simple songs with a technique known as frailing.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Tuesday with Dan Mulvihill
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Go beyond the basics with Clawhammer techniques such as drop-thumbing, while playing more challenging songs and fiddle tunes.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Tuesday or Thursday with Steve Rosen or Dan Mulvihill
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Develop stronger left and right hand techniques in frailing and drop-thumb using hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides.
Location: Online or Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Program Manager John Huber with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Program Manager John Huber with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Program Manager John Huber with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Thursday with Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Master advanced songs and build up the skills you have learned since Bluegrass Banjo 1.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Wednesday or Thursday with Chris Walz or Laird Patten
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Put all the pieces together - the right hand rolls and changing them inside of one measure, back up and fill in licks, and vamping positions with chops and rolls.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday with Joshua Guy
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday with Joshua Guy
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Wednesday with Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Location: Lincoln Park - Armitage Ave
Saturday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Location: Online
Saturday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Calling all cowboys & cowgirls we're twanging our way thru some great material.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday with Alton Smith
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Hey Ho and all points in between
Location: Lincoln Park - Armitage Ave
Monday with Colby Maddox or Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $272 ($252 members)
dig into one of the great American music genres.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Sunday with Alton Smith or Steve Dawson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $272 ($252 members)
Calling all cowboys and cowgirls we're heading down Nashville way for the good old songs.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Tuesday with Jacob Sweet or Max Berg
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $272 ($252 members)
Come explore your 21st century inner twang.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Thursday with Peggy Browning
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
A fun and rewarding ensemble class for all levels of player
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Thursday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Come join Uncle Steve's band
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday with Mike Austin or Jim Conway
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $272 ($252 members)
If you've ever wanted to learn more about the Irish music tradition, this class is for you
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Wednesday with Jonas Friddle
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
With roots in the blues, jazz and ragtime, jug band music includes some of the happiest songs you'll ever play.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday with Mark Mitchell or Peggy Browning
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $272 ($252 members)
Let it Shine on you
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Tuesday with Steve Rosen
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Play in an Old Time string band with fellow students. You'll learn new tunes, and brush up some traditional favorites.
Location: Online
Tuesday with Jonas Friddle or Anna Jacobson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $272 ($252 members)
The beautiful sounds of traditional American music are being revived and reinvented by contemporary bands. Come play the songs!
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Tuesday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Join this rootsy band comprised of a combination of R&B mixed with country influences.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Wednesday with Colby Maddox or Dan Mulvihill
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $272 ($252 members)
Come join the band
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Wednesday or Sunday with Jordan Wankoff
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Get comfortable with the violin, even if you've never played a string instrument before!
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday or Wednesday with Colby Maddox or Sean Colledge
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Begin with the basics of fiddling and learn to play simple tunes in no time.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Wednesday or Thursday with Sean Colledge
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
This class is the next step between Fiddle 1 and 2. Students get to practice techniques such as rhythm, scale knowledge and other Fiddle 1 skills.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday or Thursday with Sean Colledge
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
In Fiddle 2, you'll really start feeling the rhythm that defines the fiddle.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday or Wednesday with Jordan Wankoff or Sean Colledge
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Fiddle 2 Repertoire is the next step to Fiddle 3. Practice correct bowing, scale knowledge, and other Fiddle 2 skills.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Tuesday or Thursday with Colby Maddox or Sean Colledge
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Fiddle 3 is a good place to start for intermediate fiddlers or advanced classical violinists.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Tuesday with Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Learn to make your pick dance on the strings.
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 · $256 ($236 members)
This class alternates every session with Blues Fingerstyle 1. Mark your calendar and be sure to sign up next session.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Program Manager Eric Singh with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Tuesday with Randy Morris
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Your fingers can be trained to be an orchestra - a band in the hand.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Thursday with Randy Morris
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Develop a songbag of solo accompaniments and instrumentals in a variety of styles.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Program Manager Eric Singh with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Program Manager Eric Singh with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Saturday with Paul Kaye
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 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 · $256 ($236 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Wednesday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Location: Lincoln Park - Armitage Ave
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Sunday with Donna Herula
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Saturday with Paul Kaye
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Location: Online
Sunday with Donna Herula
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Tuesday with Alicia Lees
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Location: Lincoln Park - Armitage Ave
Monday or Tuesday with Frank Hamilton or Colin Cosgrove
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
If you love the sound of a mandolin but have never played a stringed instrument before, this class if for you.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Program Manager John Huber with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Tuesday with Frank Hamilton
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Learn Mandolin fundamentals like left hand fretting, using a pick, and basic chords and melodies.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Tuesday with Frank Hamilton
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Take Mandolin 1 Repertoire if you have experience with a stringed instrument and you are comfortable learning melodies by ear and with tablature.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday with Colin Cosgrove
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday with Colin Cosgrove
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
Take Mandolin 2 Repertoire to polish your skills, learn more songs from a variety of traditions and begin learning how to arrange and improvise.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Program Manager John Huber with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $256 ($236 members)
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James G. Hart Foundation
Geraldine Keefe
Negaunee Foundation
Rob and Karen Ospalik
Tomford and Grossman Family
