Instrument Courses
These courses specifically deal with exploring instruments. There are classes for both youth and adults, experienced players or beginners!
Ukulele Start-Up
with Wes Weddell
Cost: $315
Starts Sep 12, 2023 at 6:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks. This class meets on Tuesdays from 6:30pm – 7:30pm.
Ages: High School through Adult
The cheerful ukulele may be just what we need during these disruptive times, so let’s dig in! This class for total beginners will balance demonstration with opportunities for students to play, starting from easy chords used in familiar songs and building technique from there. Along the way we’ll address how to hold it, tune it, strum it, and what you can do to practice on your own. Successive weeks will balance incorporating new skills with returning to familiar examples. No previous experience necessary.
Students should have their own instrument to use during class.
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Guitar Start-up
with Wes Weddell
Cost: $315
Starts Sep 12, 2023 at 7:45 pm, runs for 6 weeks. This class meets weekly on Tuesdays from 7:45pm – 8:45pm.
Ages: High School through Adult
Always wanted to play songs with friends and family? Had a guitar lying around for a while? (Or just found your way to one?) In this class for complete beginners, we’ll begin with chord-playing and work up to some simple melodic embellishment. As the class proceeds we’ll layer skills for strum-patterns and rhythmic variety, addressing techniques for both hands using well-known songs. You’ll emerge a capable guitarist who can add parts to songs and accompany singers in a variety of styles! No previous experience necessary.
Students should have their own instrument to use during class.
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Music with Mariah
with Mariah Fraser
Cost: $175
Starts Sep 14, 2023 at 12:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks. This class meets on Thursdays from 12:30pm – 1:15pm.
This class is intended for ages 0-5 plus an adult (you can just register the child). Pay what you can options upon registration.
You’re never too young to start your musical journey! Early childhood is the perfect time to start playing with the basics of music. We will sing, move our bodies, and play instruments – and mostly have a lot of fun! Join Mariah and find new ways to bring music into your life.
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Social Music Making (Youth)
with Jed Crisologo
Cost: $315
Sep 14, 2023 at 5:30 pm, runs for 6 weeks. This class meets weekly on Thursdays from 5:00pm – 6:00pm.
In Partnership with The Rhapsody Project. The Rhapsody Project is a community that explores and celebrates music and heritage through an anti-racist lens.
In this 6-week course, students will learn how to collaboratively hold a welcoming space for social music making. We will cover basic jamming etiquette and how to take a solo, including some introductory music theory and some tried and true pro-tips for soloing confidence.
We will learn a new tune each week by ear, with a complimentary TRP songbook for each participant—if reading charts and/or preparing in advance is more in your comfort zone! Tunes will include a mix of jazz and blues, along with some contemporary songs in those idioms.
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Social Music Making (Adult)
with Jed Crisologo
Cost: $315
Starts Sep 14, 2023 at 7 pm, runs for 6 weeks. This class meets on Thursdays from 7:00pm – 8:00pm.
In Partnership with The Rhapsody Project. The Rhapsody Project is a community that explores and celebrates music and heritage through an anti-racist lens.
In this 6-week course, students will learn how to collaboratively hold a welcoming space for social music making. We will cover basic jamming etiquette and how to take a solo, including some introductory music theory and some tried and true pro-tips for soloing confidence.
We will learn a new tune each week by ear, with a complimentary TRP songbook for each participant—if reading charts and/or preparing in advance is more in your comfort zone! Tunes will include a mix of jazz and blues, along with some contemporary songs in those idioms. The class will culminate with a student-led jam session in the final class.