Introduction to the Banjo
Beginner
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 · $206 ($186 members)
Country & Traditional
Classes in the session beginning the week of January 3, 2022 will meet either IN-PERSON or ONLINE. Check class listings for locations!
Clawhammer Banjo 1
Beginner
Tuesday with Dan Mulvihill
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Begin by using chords to strum simple songs with a technique known as frailing.
Location: Online
Clawhammer Banjo 2
Intermediate
Thursday with Steve Rosen
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Go beyond the basics with Clawhammer techniques such as drop-thumbing, while playing more challenging songs and fiddle tunes.
Location: Online
Clawhammer Banjo 3
Advanced
Tuesday or Thursday with Steve Rosen or Dan Mulvihill
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Develop stronger left and right hand techniques in frailing and drop-thumb using hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides.
Location: Online
Bluegrass Banjo 1
Beginner
Wednesday with Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
The first of five classes in the Bluegrass Banjo series that will take you through the techniques needed to play in a bluegrass style.
Location: Lincoln Park - Armitage Ave
Bluegrass Banjo 1 Repertoire
Beginner
Thursday with Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Now you've got some chords, right hand rolls, and tunes under your fingers, Bluegrass Banjo 1 Repertoire will teach tunes that will strengthen your bluegrass skills.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Bluegrass Banjo 2
Intermediate
Thursday with Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Pick up some advanced rolls and tunes, as well as rhythm and back-up playing.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Bluegrass Banjo 2 Repertoire
Intermediate
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 · $206 ($186 members)
Bluegrass Banjo 3
Intermediate
Wednesday with Laird Patten
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 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
Bluegrass Banjo 4: Earl Scruggs
Advanced
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 · $206 ($186 members)
Banjo Workshop with Bruce Molsky
WorkshopOpen to AllNew!
Sunday with Staff
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $40 ($35 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Bob Dylan & Woody Guthrie for Clawhammer Banjo
IntermediateNew!
Monday with Michael Miles
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Location: Online
Clawhammer Banjo 2 Repertoire
Intermediate
Wednesday with Steve Rosen
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Location: Online
Clawhammer Banjo Workshops with Michael J. Miles
WorkshopIntermediate
Monday with Michael Miles
75 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $25 ($23 members)
Michael presents his compelling arrangements with the kind of detail that demystifies complexity and establishes pathways for students to arrange their own works.
Location: Online
Earl Scruggs: New Treasures
Intermediate
Thursday with Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Location: Online
Old Time Blues for Old Time Banjo
Intermediate
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Dulcimer Ensemble
Intermediate
Monday with Dona Benkert
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
For all dulcimer enthusiasts - hammered and mountain - have a great time expanding your musical knowledge and experiencing the joy of making music. Guitarists and fiddlers are welcome, too!
Location: Online
Alt-Country Ensemble
Intermediate
Saturday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $214 ($194 members)
Calling all cowboys & cowgirls we're twanging our way thru some great material.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
New Americana Ensemble
Intermediate
Monday with Alton Smith
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $214 ($194 members)
Hey Ho and all points in between
Location: Lincoln Park - Armitage Ave
String Band Ensemble
Intermediate
Thursday with Colby Maddox or Dan Mulvihill
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($202 members)
Come join the band
Location: Online
Modern Country Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $214 ($194 members)
Come explore your 21st century inner twang.
Location: Online
Vintage Country Ensemble
Intermediate
Vintage Country Ensemble will return Session 6
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Folk Songs: Carrying History Forward
Intermediate
Thursday with Peggy Browning
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $214 ($194 members)
A fun and rewarding ensemble class for all levels of player
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Grateful Dead Ensemble
Intermediate
Thursday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $214 ($194 members)
Come join Uncle Steve's band
Location: Online
Jug Band Ensemble
Intermediate
Wednesday with Jonas Friddle
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 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 Night Special
Intermediate
Monday with Mark Mitchell
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($202 members)
Let it Shine on you
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Old Time Ensemble
Intermediate
Wednesday with Steve Rosen
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Play in an Old Time string band with fellow students. You'll learn new tunes, and brush up some traditional favorites.
Location: Online
Old-Time Revival Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Jonas Friddle or Anna Jacobson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($202 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
Rockabilly Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $214 ($194 members)
Join this rootsy band comprised of a combination of R&B mixed with country influences.
Location: Online
Fiddle 1
Beginner
Tuesday with Colby Maddox
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Begin with the basics of fiddling and learn to play simple tunes in no time.
Location: Online
Fiddle 1 Repertoire
Beginner
Sunday with Jordan Wankoff
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 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
Fiddle 2
Intermediate
Thursday with Patrik Ahlberg
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
In Fiddle 2, you'll really start feeling the rhythm that defines the fiddle.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Fiddle 2 Repertoire
Intermediate
Tuesday or Sunday with Steve Rosen or Jordan Wankoff
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 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 or Online
Fiddle 3
Intermediate
Tuesday or Thursday with Colby Maddox, Steve Rosen or Patrik Ahlberg
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Fiddle 3 is a good place to start for intermediate fiddlers or advanced classical violinists.
Location: Online or Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Fiddle Workshop with Bruce Molsky
WorkshopOpen to AllNew!
Sunday with Staff
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $40 ($35 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Renew My Fiddling Workshop Series with Brandi Berry Benson
WorkshopOpen to AllNew!
Saturday with Brandi Berry Benson
80 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $30 ($25 members)
Location: Online
Heroes of Flatpicking
Intermediate
Tuesday with Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Learn to make your pick dance on the strings.
Location: Online
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: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
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
Acoustic Slide Guitar 1 Repertoire
Intermediate
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Fingerstyle Repertoire
Intermediate
Thursday with Randy Morris
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $214 ($194 members)
Develop a songbag of solo accompaniments and instrumentals in a variety of styles.
Location: Online
Flatpicking 1 - Rhythm
Intermediate
Tuesday with Chris Walz
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Get a grip on your pick and work your rhythm chops.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Acoustic Blues Guitar Repertoire
Intermediate
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Continuing Slide & Fingerstyle
Intermediate
Sunday with Donna Herula
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Continue to add emotion and feel to your slide guitar playing
Location: Online
Fingerpicking Guitar - Beyond Basic Picking Patterns
Intermediate
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $214 ($194 members)
Extended Play: Folk/Country/Blues 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
Blues on the Mandolin Repertoire
Intermediate
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Irish Mandolin
Intermediate
Monday with Paul Kaye
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Location: Online
Mandolin 1
Beginner
Monday with Colby Maddox
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Learn Mandolin fundamentals like left hand fretting, using a pick, and basic chords and melodies.
Location: Online
Mandolin 1 Repertoire
Beginner
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 · $206 ($186 members)
Mandolin 2
Intermediate
Wednesday with Colby Maddox
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Take Mandolin 2 to learn more challenging tunes and songs from a variety of traditions by ear and with tablature.
Location: Online
Mandolin 2 Repertoire
Intermediate
Wednesday with Colby Maddox
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 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: Online
Mandolin 3
Intermediate
Tuesday with Colby Maddox
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Location: Online
