Guitar Study Hall
Open to All
Monday or Wednesday with Steve Levitt
60 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $0 ($0 members)
A free Q & A with one of the school's renown guitar gurus. COME BY AND WE'LL HELP PLACE YOU IN THE PROGRAM
Pop & Rock Classes
Study the styles, play the tunes - join the band.
Basslines For An Endless Summer
Intermediate
Saturday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
A little bit of soul, a little bit of surf pack your bathing suit.
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 · $202 ($192 members)
Walking Bass Groove Lab
Intermediate
Monday with Harlan Terson
60 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $152 ($142 members)
An hour long lab to make you “badder”
R&B Ensemble
Intermediate
Wednesday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Immerse yourself into the work of an artist or musical movement.
Session 3: ‘More 60s soul divas! R&B chart-toppers, crossover hits, and near misses by great like Etta James, Gloria Jones, and others.
Mellow Gold Ensemble
Intermediate
Monday with Cathy Norden or Steve Dawson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($212 members)
Have you ever been mellow? Here's your chance.
‘60s Classics Ensemble
Intermediate
Wednesday or Saturday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
You call the tune; we'll learn the tune.
‘90s Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Andrea Bunch
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Whatever, dude. East Village, East London, Eastern Europe, East Building.
4AD Ensemble
IntermediateNew!
Saturday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
St. Vincent, The Pixies, The National and MORE
Poets of Pop Ensemble
Intermediate
Wednesday with Bill Brickey
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
We're paying attention to both lyrics and groove.
Cream Ensemble
IntermediateNew!
Saturday with Bob Goins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
White Room, Crossroads I'm So Glad and all the hits
New Americana Ensemble
Intermediate
Monday with Alton Smith
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Hey Ho and all points in between
Simon & Garfunkel Ensemble
Intermediate
Monday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Old Friends, Bookends hone your duo chops Session 3 Solo Paul
The Band Ensemble: Last Waltz
Intermediate
Thursday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Take a load off and celebrate music from the band that couldn't come up with a name.
Band Coaching Adult
Intermediate
Saturday with Bob Goins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Beatles Acoustic Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Tommi Zender
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Deep cuts and favorites from from John, Paul, et al.
Daytime Beatles Ensemble
Intermediate
Friday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Good daytime -sunshine
Beatles Ensemble
Intermediate
Wednesday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Session 3 Yesterday…And Today
Beatles for Beginners
Intermediate
Thursday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
The music of the Fab Four simplified for those who have only played a short while.
Fleetwood Mac Ensemble
Intermediate
Thursday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Learn, study and perform the music of everyone's favorite band of divorcees.
Honky Tonk Angels
Intermediate
Saturday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Calling all cowboys and cowgirls let's sing and play some country classics.
Reggae Ensemble
Intermediate
Reggae Ensemble is taking a few sessions off. 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 ($196 members)
Soul Ensemble
Intermediate
Thursday with Alton Smith or Bill Brickey
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($212 members)
Session 2: Number 1 records thru the years
The Two Johnnies Ensemble
IntermediateNew!
Tuesday with Bob Goins or Ed Holstein
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($212 members)
We're talking John Prine and Johnny Cash.
Great Setlists from JamBandLand
IntermediateNew!
Monday with Jon Wall
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Session 3 Grateful Dead Swing Auditorium 2/26/77
The Kinks Klass
IntermediateNew!
Wednesday with Tommi Zender
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($212 members)
Klassics, Kronicles and Kontinuos Kinkdom
Classic Album Ensemble
Intermediate
Saturday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Session 2: Blondie “Parallel Lines”
Modern Country Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Come explore your 21st century inner twang.
Punk Ensemble
Intermediate
Sunday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
gabba gabba hey Session 3: The 80s
The Wrecking Crew Ensemble: Hal Blaine Edition
Intermediate
Thursday with Cathy Norden
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
From the Chairman to the Monkees and loads in betrween
David Byrne Ensemble
IntermediateNew!
Monday with Randy Morris or Andrea Bunch
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($212 members)
You may find yourself having a wonderful musical time…
Dylan Songbag: The Travelling Wilburys
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Friday with Jimmy Tomasello
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $20 ($15 members)
Ensemble Basics
Intermediate
If you would like to be contacted when this class runs again, please email Program Manager Jimmy Tomasello with your contact information.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Women's Acoustic Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Deanna Devore
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Come together to celebrate popular music by women from all eras.
Folk-Rock Acoustic Ensemble
Intermediate
Wednesday with Tommi Zender
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Work on licks, harmonies, arrangements and more.
Fountains of Wayne
IntermediateNew!
Tuesday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Grateful Dead Ensemble
Intermediate
Thursday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Come join Uncle Steve's band
Jazz Ensemble: Learning Standards
Intermediate
Monday with Jack Cassidy
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Build your tune vocabulary.
Latin Grooves and Roots Ensemble
Intermediate
Sunday with Manny Bances
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Add some spicy flavorings to whatever style you play: Jamming with Latin Roots music and contemporary funky fusions.
Muppets Mania
Intermediate
Tuesday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Rockabilly Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Join this rootsy band comprised of a combination of R&B mixed with country influences.
Sunshine Pop
Intermediate
Thursday with Cathy Norden
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Rock & Pop Chamber Music
Advanced
This class is offered on alternating sessions with Folk & Classical Chamber Music.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Extended Play: Guitar
Intermediate
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday with Mary Peterson, Chris Winters, Elaine Moore or Jason McInnes
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Make a long term commitment to improving your guitar playing skills
RPA Ensemble aka Dawson's Guitar 4Ever
Advanced
Thursday with Steve Dawson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
A group of 4ever students under Dawson's leadership
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 · $202 ($192 members)
Lead Guitar Basics
Intermediate
Tuesday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Get yourself ready to take a solo.
Rhythm Guitar
Intermediate
Monday or Friday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Focus on one of the most essential elements of playing guitar and music itself.
Essential Blues-Rock Electric Guitar Skills
Intermediate
Sunday with Chris Winters
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Expand techniques and your personal riff artillery within the framework of songs and progressions in the blues/rock idiom.
Essential Blues-Rock Electric Guitar Repertoire
Advanced
Sunday with Chris Winters
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
An ongoing class which develops repertoire in the blues/rock genre.
Classical Guitar Basic Repertoire
Intermediate
Monday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Fun easy pieces to add pizzazz to your style.
Fingerstyle Repertoire
Intermediate
Thursday with Randy Morris
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Develop a songbag of solo accompaniments and instrumentals in a variety of styles.
Beatles Fingerstyle Guitar
Intermediate
Monday with Michael Miles
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Let your fingers become the Fab Four
Electric Guitar Styles Overdrive
Intermediate
Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Enhancement medication for the electric guitarist.
Hard Rock Acoustic
Intermediate
Thursday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
All the licks, all the tricks - but with minimal hearing loss.
Acoustic Zeppelin
Intermediate
Tuesday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Study Page's acoustic songs and instrumentals in both standard and open guitar tunings.
Advancing Guitar: Licks and Tricks
Intermediate
Thursday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Learn approaches to the fingerboard designed to improve your playing
Billy Joel Songbook for Guitar
IntermediateNew!
Tuesday with Chris Corsale
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
The piano man on guitar…start your own fire
Licks and Chord Melody with Fareed Haque
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Sunday with Fareed Haque
120 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $30 ($28 members)
Join master player and educator, Fareed Haque as he illuminates a handful of jazz guitar licks and an approach to chord melody.
Out Rock Songbag
WorkshopIntermediateNew!
Friday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $20 ($18 members)
Get proud, get loud!
Crash Bass for Guitarists
Beginner
Monday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
A course designed for those who already play another stringed instrument.
Extended Play: Harmonica
Intermediate
Thursday with Skip Landt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Ukulele 3: Beatles Repertoire
Intermediate
Wednesday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Ukulele 3: Ukulele Ensemble
Intermediate
Tuesday with Michael Hammerman
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
A Cappella Singing
Open to All
Wednesday or Sunday with Paula McKernan or Renee Nanzer
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $212 ($202 members)
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
$288 for 30 minutes ($278 for members)
$416 for 45 minutes ($401 for members)
$536 for 60 minutes ($516 for members)
Session & Registration Dates
8-week lessons: 04/29/2019 – 06/23/2019
Monday 03/25/19: Re-registration for current students begins
Monday 04/08/19: Transfer registration
Wednesday 04/10/19: Open registration
8-week lessons: 06/24/2019 – 08/18/2019
Monday 05/20/19: Re-registration for current students begins
Monday 06/03/19: Transfer registration
Wednesday 06/05/19: Open registration
8-week lessons: 09/02/2019 – 10/27/2019
Monday 07/15/19: Re-registration for current students begins
Monday 07/29/19: Transfer registration
Wednesday 07/31/19: Open registration
8-week lessons: 10/28/2019 – 12/22/2019
Monday 09/23/19: Re-registration for current students begins
Monday 10/07/19: Transfer registration
Wednesday 10/09/19: Open registration
Teachers
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John Abbey »
Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, Guitar
Patrik Ahlberg »
Fiddle, Violin, Guitar
Louis Bardales »
Guitar
Bill Brickey »
Guitar, Wiggleworms Program, Drummers, Voice for Guitarists
Steve Dawson »
Guitar, Songwriting
Lisa Joy DeRosia »
Wiggleworms Program, Guitar, Piano
Deanna Devore »
Guitar, Songwriting
Tony do Rosario »
Jazz Guitar
Geoff Dolce »
Violin, Fiddle, Guitar, Ukulele
Steve Doyle »
Dobro, Guitar, Lap Steel
Al Ehrich »
Bass Guitar, Upright Bass, Cello, Dance & Movement - Qi Gong
John Erickson »
Piano
Olivia Flanigan »
Piano, Voice
Wendi Freeman »
Drum Kit, Percussion
Dan Fulkerson »
Guitar
Marshall Greenhouse »
Drum Kit, Percussion
Anna Jacobson »
Fiddle, French Horn, Trumpet, Ensembles
Carol Kagy »
Voice
Charles Kim »
Bass, Composition, Guitar, Songwriting, Ukulele
Lexie Levy »
Piano, Songwriting, Voice, Theory, Transcription
Shelley Miller »
Guitar, Songwriting, Ukulele, Wiggleworms Program
Elaine Moore »
Guitar, Voice
Renee Nanzer »
Double Play for Preschoolers, Piano, Voice
Cathy Norden »
Piano, Guitar
Mary Peterson »
Theater, Guitar,
Wiggleworms Program
Charles Rumback »
Piano, Drum Kit, Percussion
Leah Shoshanah »
Wiggleworms, Guitar, Kids' Piano
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
Lindsay Weinberg »
Wiggleworms Program, Voice, Piano, Guitar
Andrew Wilkins »
Piano
Chris Winters »
Guitar, Ukulele
Azita Youssefi »
Piano, Voice
