Introduction to 4-String Banjo
BeginnerNew!
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Blues Classes
Classes in the session beginning the week of June 21, 2021 will meet either IN-PERSON or ONLINE. Check class listings for locations!
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.
Old Time Blues for Old Time Banjo
Intermediate
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Crash Bass for Guitarists
Beginner
Saturday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
A course designed for those who already play another stringed instrument.
Location: Online
Blues Bass Techniques & Forms
Intermediate
Many of our Bass classes rotate through the year.
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Guitar Program Manager Jimmy Tomasello with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Walking Bass Groove Lab
Intermediate
Monday with Harlan Terson
60 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $160 ($140 members)
An hour long lab to make you “badder”
Location: Online
Dylan Songbag with Jimmy Tomasello
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Friday with Jimmy Tomasello
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $20 ($18 members)
Location: Online
Jazz Improv: Listening and Playing
Intermediate
Thursday with Michael Nearpass
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Monday Night Special
Intermediate
Monday with Mark Mitchell or Peggy Browning
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $216 ($196 members)
Let it Shine on you
Location: Online
Rolling Stones Songbag
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Saturday with John Mead
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $20 ($18 members)
Location: Online
Stax Songbag
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Saturday with John Mead
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $20 ($18 members)
Location: Online
Guitar 4ever with Holstein
Advanced
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80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Basics of Electric Chicago Blues Guitar
Intermediate
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Guitar Program Manager Jimmy Tomasello with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Blues Fingerstyle 1
Beginner
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 · $206 ($186 members)
Blues Fingerstyle 2
Intermediate
Monday with Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 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: Online
Blues Fingerstyle 3: Decades of Acoustic Blues
Advanced
Monday with Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Explore different aspects of Acoustic Blues a different decade each session.
Location: Online
Essential Blues-Rock Electric Guitar Skills
Intermediate
Sunday with Chris Winters
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Expand techniques and your personal riff artillery within the framework of songs and progressions in the blues/rock idiom.
Location: Online
Essential Blues-Rock Electric Guitar Repertoire
Advanced
Sunday with Chris Winters
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
An ongoing class which develops repertoire in the blues/rock genre.
Location: Online
Lead Guitar Soloing Basics
Intermediate
Monday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Get yourself ready to take a solo.
Location: Online
3 Kings of the Blues Instrumentals
Intermediate
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Guitar Program Manager Jimmy Tomasello with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Electric Guitar Styles Overdrive
Intermediate
Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Enhancement medication for the electric guitarist.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Acoustic Blues Guitar 1
Beginner
Thursday with Paul Kaye
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Build a solid foundation
Location: Online
Acoustic Blues Guitar 2
Intermediate
Thursday with Paul Kaye
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Let's take this a little bit further on down the road
Location: Online
Acoustic Blues Guitar Repertoire
Intermediate
Saturday with Paul Kaye
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Continue working on the music of great traditional blues artists.
Location: Online
Acoustic Slide Guitar 1
Intermediate
Donna will be promoting her new CD “Bang At The Door” this summer and will be returning to teach this class in session 5.
She is offering a series of workshops.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Continuing Slide & Fingerstyle
Intermediate
Donna will be promoting her new CD “Bang At The Door” this summer and will be returning to teach this class in session 5.
She is offering a series of workshops.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Electric Slide Guitar
Intermediate
Donna will be promoting her new CD “Bang At The Door” this summer and will be returning to teach this class in session 5.
She is offering a series of workshops.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Brothers Vaughan Guitar Styles
Advanced
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Guitar Program Manager Jimmy Tomasello with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Peter Green Electric Blues Style
Intermediate
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Blues Workshop Series with Donna Herula
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Sunday with Donna Herula
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $25 ($23 members)
Location: Online
Classic Rock & Motown for Fingerstyle Guitar
IntermediateNew!
Monday with Michael Miles
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Dial in your requests!Ê
Location: Online
Fingerpicking Classic Chicago Blues
Intermediate
Wednesday with Paul Kaye
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Learn to do like the old masters
Location: Online
Introduction to Fingerstyle Instrumentals
IntermediateNew!
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Led Zeppelin Guitar Styles
IntermediateNew!
60 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $155 ($135 members)
Rhythm Guitar
Intermediate
Thursday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Focus on one of the most essential elements of playing guitar and music itself.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Robert Johnson: A Man for all Keys
IntermediateNew!
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Rolling Stones Guitar Styles
IntermediateNew!
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $210 ($190 members)
Bass Guitar 3
Intermediate
Sunday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Begin to apply general music theory and expand your techniques and vocabulary.
Location: Online
Bass Guitar 1
Beginner
Sunday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
4 strings that hold everything together.
Location: Online
Bass Guitar 2
Beginner
Sunday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Bass is the glue of ensemble music.
Location: Online
Learn Classic Soul Bass Lines
Intermediate
Many of our Bass classes rotate through the year. If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Guitar Program Manager Jimmy Tomasello with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Bass Guitar 4
Advanced
Wednesday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Round out your study with bass line construction in jazz, pop, latin and other genres.
Location: Online
Blues Bass Repertoire
Intermediate
Many of our Bass classes rotate through the year. If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Guitar Program Manager Jimmy Tomasello with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Folk/Blues Harmonica 1
Beginner
Wednesday or Friday with Skip Landt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Learn the basic skills used in blues, gospel, folk, country, and more!
Location: Online
Chicago Blues Harp 1
Beginner
Tuesday with Zoe Savage
60 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $160 ($140 members)
Whether you're just interested in learning the basics or aspire to play at the highest level, here's where you start.
Location: Online
Chicago Blues Harp 2
Intermediate
Tuesday with Zoe Savage
60 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $160 ($140 members)
Now that you have the fundamentals in order, build your repertoire of solos in level 2.
Location: Online
Harmonica Forever
Intermediate
Thursday or Friday with Skip Landt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Students in Harmonica Forever include those who have played for years along with newer players who want to keep developing skills.
Location: Online
Chicago Blues Harp 3
Intermediate
Monday with Joe Filisko
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 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
Blues Harmonica Performance
Advanced
Monday with Joe Filisko
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Examine the rich legacy of recordings left by the great Blues Harp masters.
Location: Online
Harmonica Rhythm & Chording
Advanced
Monday with Joe Filisko
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Learn authentic harmonica train imitations, fox chases, and accompaniment for blues and folk music.
Location: Online
Extended Play: Harmonica
Intermediate
Thursday with Skip Landt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Join along to improve your playing more and more.
Location: Online
Full Bends Harmonica Exercise Camp
Intermediate
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Folk/Blues Harmonica 2: Repertoire
Intermediate
Wednesday with Skip Landt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Students will play songs in the first three "positions" and will learn/develop note-bending skills.
Location: Online
Blues on the Mandolin
Intermediate
Monday with Paul Kaye
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Location: Online
Blues on the Mandolin Repertoire
IntermediateNew!
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Mandolin Workshop: The Versatile Accompanist
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Sunday with Colby Maddox
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $30 ($25 members)
Location: Online
