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Discover a world of musical possibilities with a wide range of classes in New York City. From beginner guitar lessons to advanced vocal training, you'll learn from industry professionals and gain the skills to excel in the performing arts.

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Quebec-style Back-Up Guitar & Foot Percussion

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

Quebec-style Back-Up Guitar & Foot Percussion (w/ André Marchand). In this two-hour workshop, you’ll pick up tricks in how to provide stylistically appropriate chords, rhythm, and voicing for Quebec dance tunes, in standard tuning. In addition to exploring basics of back-up style, André will also initiate participants into the mysteries of foot percussion, so please bring feet as well as guitars. Recording device recommended and welcome....

(41) Beginner 15 and older
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Beginning-Intermediate Country Guitar & Song

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

This class is for those who want to explore basic finger movements required to play guitar and then gradually work into simple Country melody with chords. You'll learn a country song (or two). Yvette is a Grammy nominated award winning singer songwriter musician who began playing Cajun music just a decade ago. She fronts her own country band and is a member of several greats including Balfa Toujours, Lafayette Lafayette Rhythm Devils and a past member...

(41) Beginner 15 and older
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Harmony! with Chris Q. Murphy

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

Country duets? Shape note sings? Classical counterpoint? Barbershop?! Chris Q. Murphy has sung (and loves) them all. With these skills in hand, this class will not only focus on learning to sing beautiful unison, call and response, and two and three part songs, but will also show you how to make those harmonies sparkle and buzz and leave you with chills. Focusing on varied repertoire but rooted in folk traditions, we'll leave each class with a new...

(41) All levels 15 and older
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Rhythm Guitar & Fingerpicking Techniques

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY

Learn how and when to use a pick, where to position your strumming arm on the ridge of the guitar, to strum from the arm/elbow vs. wrist and when to down vs. up strum songs.  Master various key strumming patterns (incorporating quarter and eighth note variations, up/down strokes and recognizable rhythm guitar patterns) that will immediately improve and spice up your playing.  We will then apply these strumming techniques and patters to...

(41) All levels 16 and older
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$249

9 sessions

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Bluegrass Fiddle Solo Intensive

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY

Bill Monroe once characterized bluegrass music as “Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin’.” While hinting at the international range of the music’s roots and influences, he was also highlighting the distinctive role that the fiddle plays in defining the genre.  This class will focus on those moments when the bluegrass fiddler takes the spotlight and plays a solo. Equal parts style, technique and showmanship, it’s a spontaneous combination...

(41) Advanced 15 and older
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$249

9 sessions

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Vocal Harmony Basics

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music @ 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY

Dive in head-first to the joys of traditional American harmony singing: learn harmony parts to Old Time, Early Country, Bluegrass, and Gospel standards, experience the thrill of singing close harmony with others, develop an understanding of chords and intervals, and gain tools to start finding harmony parts on your own.  Less advanced singers will learn the basics, and more advanced singers will be able to fill in some gaps of what they don't...

(41) All levels 15 and older
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Traditional Singing II

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

We’ll learn more about the history and context of the songs, and focus on the nuances of social rather than performance-oriented singing. We’ll also look more deeply at the markers of various styles and practice harmonizing by ear. This class will build on the foundations of Traditional Singing I with a more in depth exploration of a few traditional song types, depending on the interests of the class, and additional time to workshop songs in...

(41) All levels 15 and older
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Guitar Workshop with Stash Wyslouch

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

Stash’s guitar playing is simply like no other, and his approach to old time music is rich with new and old ideas. He’ll guide students through some very cool chord accompaniment, bass runs, and how to bring the tunes alive."  Pre-requisite: knowledge of simple chords and string names. Have comfort with referring to string names and respective frets.

(41) Intermediate 15 and older
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Songwriters Club

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

This will be a place to talk about the troubles you're having in your own process and get inspired. There will be different activities every week to open your mind and create a safe environment to share new material.

(41) All levels 15 and older
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Lars Graugaard, Jean-Michel Pilc & Philip White

Harvestworks | Digital Media Arts Center

Hans Tammen’s “Dark Circuits” Festival features performers who work in contemporary electronic music practices such as circuit bending, no-input mixers, laptops, turntablism, analogue circuitry, network sniffers, live coding and soldering, plus other instruments we may have never heard of yet. A deeply involved listen with Lars’ rich take on electronic styles incombination with Jean-Michel’s acoustic piano for free improvisation andsuper-responsive...

(3) All levels 18 and older
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Voice III Ages 7+

WMAAC

Voice class unleashes student's inner vocal star! Students learn vocal techniques including basic breathing and musical counting all while singing various song genres, both old and new. In addition to posture, presentation and vocal technique, students work to "sight sing" or read music.

Beginner 7 - 11 years old
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Voice II Ages 6-8 years

WMAAC

Voice class unleashes student's inner vocal star! Students learn vocal techniques including basic breathing and musical counting all while singing various song genres, both old and new. In addition to posture, presentation and vocal technique, students work to "sight sing" or read music.

Beginner 6 - 8 years old
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Voice I Ages 4-6 years

WMAAC

Voice class unleashes student's inner vocal star! Students learn vocal techniques including basic breathing and musical counting all while singing various song genres, both old and new. In addition to posture, presentation and vocal technique, students work to "sight sing" or read music.

Beginner 4 - 6 years old
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Percussion 4-6 years

WMAAC

A creative study in emphasizing the pulse, beat, and groove. Drum circle and percussion instruments, marching to beat, counting the beats and understanding phrases in dance and performance. Developing listening skills and improvisation, using your own unique energy to create and express. Sharing focus and attention, learning to support and encourage while listening and working with others. Increasing knowledge and application of different genres,...

Beginner 4 - 6 years old
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Percussion 7-9 years

WMAAC

A creative study in emphasizing the pulse, beat, and groove. Drum circle and percussion instruments, marching to beat, counting the beats and understanding phrases in dance and performance. Developing listening skills and improvisation, using your own unique energy to create and express. Sharing focus and attention, learning to support and encourage while listening and working with others. Increasing knowledge and application of different genres,...

Beginner 7 - 9 years old
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Intermediate Cajun Guitar & Song

The Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

This workshop mixes playing songs with learning technique, chords, and vocal style. Yvette is a Grammy nominated award winning singer songwriter musician who began playing Cajun music just a decade ago. She fronts her own country band and is a member of several greats including Balfa Toujours, Lafayette Lafayette Rhythm Devils and a past member of Bonsoir Catin, just to name a few. Her lamenting vocals in Cajun -French have an infusion of old school...

(41) Intermediate 15 and older
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Aboriginal Australian Art and Music Night

Sacred Arts Research Foundation

Lewis Burns is an Aboriginal Australian Artist that has been learning about his culture for his entire life. He continues to practice and respect these life skills each day and still learns and grows from this ancient knowledge. Join Lewis for an evening of aboriginal songs, didgeridoo playing and storytelling with his own paintings and visual art on display. Vegetarian food will be available for purchase.

(9) All levels 8 and older
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Barre Chord Bootcamp (For Guitar)

Sacred Arts Research Foundation

Most beginner guitar players memorize a dozen or so essential chords called ‘open position’ chords, so named because they make use of ‘open strings’, or strings that are sounded without a finger pressing down on any frets. Often times guitarists rely on capos in order to change keys, making use of the same basic chords on a different part of the neck. Barre chords are an important next step to mastering the guitar. These ‘moveable’...

(9) All levels 8 and older
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Summer Songwriting/Recording Session

Park Slope Rock School

This 6-day workshop will focus on the craft of songwriting and recording. Students will be placed in bands and each day consists of 3 intensive hours of listening to established artists, analyzing song structures and writing their very own songs. Our week culminates in a recording session at the amazing Bunker Studios where students are given an introduction to the studio and its functions and are able to record their original songs....

All levels 8 - 16 years old
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$550

6 sessions

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Jazz Vocal Workshop

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music

Students attending this class will learn tap into their inner soul diva while gaining valuable performance experience. Each week perform in front of your peers and rapidly strengthen your chops with the support of an experienced jazz vocal coach and a professional pianist. For three weeks out of the semester, students will rehearse and then perform with a professional jazz trio.

Beginner 18 and older
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