Songs of Good Tidings and More
Intermediate
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Pop & Rock Classes
Classes in the session beginning the week of June 21, 2021 will meet either IN-PERSON or ONLINE. Check class listings for locations!
Study the styles, play the tunes - join the band.
Fingerstyle Workshop Series with Michael J. Miles
WorkshopIntermediate
Monday with Michael Miles
75 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $25 ($23 members)
Location: Online
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
Basslines For An Endless Summer
Intermediate
Saturday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $$206 ($186 members)
A little bit of soul, a little bit of surf pack your bathing suit.
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
The ‘80s Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Andrea Bunch
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Celebrate the decade that brought us big-hair, breakdancing and space invaders.
Location: Online
‘80s Pop Metal
Intermediate
Tuesday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Break out your spandex and hairspray.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Alt-Country Ensemble
Intermediate
Saturday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Calling all cowboys & cowgirls we're twanging our way thru some great material.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Lunar Ensemble: Stage Fright by The Band
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 · $210 ($190 members)
New Americana Ensemble
Intermediate
Monday with Alton Smith
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Hey Ho and all points in between
Location: Online
Beatles Acoustic
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)
Beatles for Beginners
Intermediate
Thursday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
The music of the Fab Four simplified for those who have only played a short while.
Location: Online
Daytime Beatles Ensemble
Intermediate
Friday with Tom Ryan
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Session 1; Starting with the British releases Please Please Me
Location: Online
Beatles Ensemble
Intermediate
Wednesday with Tom Ryan
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Session 4: Beatles For Sale; Session 5: Help!
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
The Classic Songs Ensemble
Intermediate
Saturday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
‘60s Classics Ensemble
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)
Contemporary Acoustic Songbook
Intermediate
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Modern Country Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Come explore your 21st century inner twang.
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
Folk-Rock Acoustic Ensemble
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)
Grateful Dead Ensemble
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)
Here and Now Ensemble
Intermediate
Monday with Andrea Bunch
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($202 members)
Just what it says, contemporary music.
Location: Online
Mellow Gold Songbook
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 · $222 ($202 members)
Pink Floyd Songbag: Dark Side of the Moon
WorkshopIntermediate
Thursday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $20 ($18 members)
Location: Online
Poets of Pop Ensemble
Intermediate
Wednesday with Bill Brickey
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
We're paying attention to both lyrics and groove.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Punk Ensemble
Intermediate
Saturday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $210 ($190 members)
gabba gabba hey
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Rockabilly Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Join this rootsy band comprised of a combination of R&B mixed with country influences.
Location: Online
Rolling Stones Songbag
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Saturday with John Mead
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $20 ($18 members)
Location: Online
Songs from the BRILL(iant) BUILDING
IntermediateNew!
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Stax Songbag
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Saturday with John Mead
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $20 ($18 members)
Location: Online
Women's Acoustic Songbook
Intermediate
Wednesday with Paula McKernan
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Celebrate great music written and performed by women.
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
RPA Ensemble
Advanced
Thursday with Steve Dawson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
A group of 4ever students under Dawson's leadership
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
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)
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
Classical Guitar Basic Repertoire
Intermediate
Monday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Fun easy pieces to add pizzazz to your style.
Location: Online
Fingerstyle Repertoire
Intermediate
Thursday with Randy Morris
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Develop a songbag of solo accompaniments and instrumentals in a variety of styles.
Location: Online
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
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)
Advancing Guitar: Licks and Tricks
Intermediate
Tuesday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Learn approaches to the fingerboard designed to improve your playing
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
Exploring The Guitar with Modes with Nathaniel Braddock
WorkshopIntermediate
Saturday with Nathaniel Braddock
120 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $25 ($23 members)
Braddock will unlock the mysteries of the modes
Location: Online
Great American Songbook for Fingerstyle Guitar
Intermediate
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Improving Your Sound and Visual Presence ONLINE
Open to AllNew!
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Intro to Rock and Americana-Style Fills & Solos
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Saturday with Nikki O'Neill
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $25 ($23 members)
Location: Online
Introduction to Fingerstyle Instrumentals
IntermediateNew!
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Learning to Play by Ear
Open to AllNew!
Thursday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Location: Lincoln Square - Lincoln Ave Campus
Led Zeppelin Guitar Styles
IntermediateNew!
60 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $155 ($135 members)
Playing Reggae Bass
Advanced
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)
Radiohead Songbag
WorkshopIntermediate
Thursday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $20 ($18 members)
This group's music will stand the test of time
Location: Online
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
Rolling Stones Guitar Styles
IntermediateNew!
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $210 ($190 members)
Sgt. Pepper's Fingerstyle Guitar
IntermediateNew!
80 minutes · Once a week for 4 weeks · $99 ($89 members)
Summer Phish Songbag
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Friday with Chris Corsale
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $20 ($18 members)
Location: Online
Tom Petty Songbag
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Thursday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $20 ($18 members)
Location: Online
Extended Play: Guitar
Intermediate
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday with Mary Peterson, Chris Winters, Charles Kim, Dan Fulkerson, Elaine Moore, Shelley Miller, Catherine Norden, Paula McKernan, Jim DeWan or Louis Bardales
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Make a long term commitment to improving your guitar playing skills
Location: Online or Lincoln Park - Armitage Ave
Songs of the Great Singer-Songwriters
Intermediate
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Learn Classic Rock 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 · $206 ($186 members)
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
How and Why I Write: Gary Louris Songwriting Workshop
WorkshopOpen to AllNew!
Thursday with Staff
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $45 ($40 members)
Location: Online
How and Why I Write: Gary Louris Songwriting Workshop Series
WorkshopOpen to AllNew!
Monday with Staff
90 minutes · Once a week for 2 weeks · $200 ($150 members)
Location: Online
Pop & Rock Songwriting Tricks
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Saturday with Nikki O'Neill
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $25 ($23 members)
Location: Online
Songwriting: The Great Songs
Intermediate
Tuesday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Location: Online
Ukulele 3: Beatles Repertoire
Intermediate
Wednesday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Location: Online
Ukulele 3: Ukulele Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Michael Hammerman
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Location: Online
Private Lesson Options
Our private lessons like our group classes run in 8-week sessions, however, you can begin private lessons during any week in the session. Please call our customer service folks at 773.728.6000 to register as private lesson availability is based upon individual teacher schedules.
Lessons are scheduled weekly, for 30, 45 or 60 minutes, and are available every day of the week at our Lincoln Square and Lincoln Park locations. Our experienced and professional faculty will work with you to develop an individualized program that helps you achieve your musical goals.
Stop in at either location or call the front desk at 773.728.6000 to register.
8-week Session Prices
$296 for 30 minutes ($286 for members)
$424 for 45 minutes ($409 for members)
$544 for 60 minutes ($524 for members)
Session & Registration Dates
8-week lessons: 04/26/2021 – 06/20/2021
Monday 03/22/21: Re-registration for current students begins
Sunday 04/04/21: Transfer registration
Wednesday 04/07/21: Open registration
8-week lessons: 06/21/2021 – 08/15/2021
Monday 05/17/21: Re-registration for current students begins
Monday 05/31/21: Transfer registration
Wednesday 06/02/21: Open registration
8-week lessons: 08/30/2021 – 10/24/2021
Monday 07/12/21: Re-registration for current students begins
Monday 07/26/21: Transfer registration
Wednesday 07/28/21: Open registration
8-week lessons: 10/25/2021 – 12/19/2021
Monday 09/20/21: Re-registration for current students begins
Monday 10/04/21: Transfer registration
Wednesday 10/06/21: Open registration
Teachers
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John Abbey »
Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, Guitar
Patrik Ahlberg »
Violin, Fiddle, Guitar
Louis Bardales »
Guitar
Bill Brickey »
Guitar, Wiggleworms Program, Drummers, Voice for Guitarists
Chris Corsale »
Guitar
Kathy Cowan »
Voice
Steve Dawson »
Guitar, Songwriting
Lisa Joy DeRosia »
Wiggleworms Program, Guitar, Piano, Voice
Deanna Devore »
Guitar, Songwriting
Tony Do Rosario »
Jazz Guitar
Steve Doyle »
Dobro, Guitar, Lap Steel
Al Ehrich »
Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, Cello, Dance & Movement - Qi Gong
John Erickson »
Piano
Dan Fulkerson »
Guitar
Marshall Greenhouse »
Drum Kit, Percussion
Anna Jacobson »
Fiddle, French Horn, Trumpet, Ensembles
Charles Kim »
Bass, Composition, Guitar, Songwriting, Ukulele (including Baritone), Mandolin
Lexie Levy »
Piano, Songwriting, Voice, Theory, Transcription
Shelley Miller »
Guitar, Songwriting, Ukulele
Elaine Moore »
Guitar, Voice
Renee Nanzer »
Double Play for Preschoolers, Piano, Voice
Catherine Norden »
Piano, Guitar, Theatre, Music Theory
Mary Peterson »
Theater, Guitar,
Wiggleworms Program, School Partnerships
David Sims »
Drum Kit, Big Drummers, Percussion
Alton Smith »
Piano
Joel Styzens »
Drum Kit, Guitar, Percussion, Piano
Jacob Sweet »
Bass Guitar, Guitar, Songwriting, Ukulele
Harlan Terson »
Bass Guitar, Guitar
Rebecca Toon »
Voice, Guitar
Jon Wall »
Guitar, Ensembles, Bass
Andrew Wilkins »
Piano
Chris Winters »
Guitar, Ukulele
