Study the styles, play the tunes - join the band.
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 ($182 members)
Monday with Harlan Terson
60 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $152 ($132 members)
An hour long lab to make you “badder”
Friday with Jimmy Tomasello
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $20 ($15 members)
fa la la la la meets shoo be doo be do
Sunday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Come as you are and leave better than ever.
Tuesday with Andrea Bunch
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Whatever, dude. East Village, East London, Eastern Europe, East Building.
Monday with Alton Smith
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Hey Ho and all points in between
Wednesday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Remember when it stood for music television? You want your MTV? Well we got ii -
Saturday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Take a one-way ticket to the 40 Watt Club and play songs by your favorite Athens artists
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80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
There are no classes scheduled right now. Please check back.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Sunday with Shelley Miller or Steve Dawson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($202 members)
Leave your private Idaho and join the band!
Saturday with Bob Goins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Tuesday with Tommi Zender
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Deep cuts and favorites from from John, Paul, et al.
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.
Friday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Good daytime -sunshine
Wednesday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Session 5 Sgt. Pepper
Session 6 Magical Mystery Tour
Saturday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Home to a number of notable country, punk, Americana and singer/songwriter artists from around the country,
Wednesday with Evan Jacobson or Anna Jacobson
60 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $154 ($144 members)
Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Saturday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Session 6 Remain in Light by Talking Heads
Wednesday or Saturday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
You call the tune; we'll learn the tune.
Tuesday with Ed Holstein
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($202 members)
We're talking John Prine and Johnny Cash.
Tuesday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Come explore your 21st century inner twang.
Saturday with Bob Goins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
White Room, Crossroads I'm So Glad and all the hits
Thursday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Turn up the Eagles the neighbors are listening…
Wednesday with Steve Doyle or Tommi Zender
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($202 members)
We can take this bus anywhere you want.
Tuesday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Get your act together before joining an ensemble or group.
Wednesday with Tommi Zender
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Work on licks, harmonies, arrangements and more.
Thursday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Come join Uncle Steve's band
Monday with Randy Morris or Andrea Bunch
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($202 members)
Just what it says, contemporary music.
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Wednesday with Steve Doyle or Tommi Zender
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($202 members)
Klassics, Kronicles and Kontinuos Kinkdom
Tuesday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Rock and roll all night and party everyday.
Sunday with Manny Bances
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Add some spicy flavorings to whatever style you play: Jamming with Latin Roots music and contemporary funky fusions.
Thursday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Wednesday with Bill Brickey
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
We're paying attention to both lyrics and groove.
Sunday with Andrea Bunch
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
A room full of stars. Join the constellation.
Sunday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
gabba gabba hey Session 6: 21st Century Artists
Wednesday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Immerse yourself into the work of an artist or musical movement.
Monday with Gregg Ostrom
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Come get you some ska, rocksteady, roots reggae, and dancehall from the great nation of Jamaica.
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.
Thursday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
You'll find sometimes you'll get what you need.
Thursday with Alton Smith or Bill Brickey
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($202 members)
Join one of the longest running ensembles celebrating this American music form.
Tuesday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Monday with Paula McKernan
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Come together to celebrate popular music by women from all eras.
Thursday with Cathy Norden
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($186 members)
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday with Mary Peterson, Chris Winters, Elaine Moore or Louis Bardales
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Make a long term commitment to improving your guitar playing skills
If you would like to be contacted the next time Professor Levitt makes an expedition, please email Guitar Program Manager Jimmy Tomasello with your contact information.
60 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $152 ($132 members)
Thursday with Steve Dawson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
A group of 4ever students under Dawson's leadership
Monday with Steve Hutchins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Learn lead and comping techniques of the major players of the Chicago blues style.
Sunday with Chris Winters
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Expand techniques and your personal riff artillery within the framework of songs and progressions in the blues/rock idiom.
Sunday with Chris Winters
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
An ongoing class which develops repertoire in the blues/rock genre.
Saturday with Chris Corsale
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Get yourself ready to take a solo.
Monday or Friday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Focus on one of the most essential elements of playing guitar and music itself.
Sunday with Donna Herula
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Monday with Michael Miles
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Let your fingers become the Fab Four
Monday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Fun easy pieces to add pizzazz to your style.
Thursday with Randy Morris
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Develop a songbag of solo accompaniments and instrumentals in a variety of styles.
Tuesday with Chris Corsale
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
If you feel like it's time to add a few bells and whistles to your playing, then this is the class for you.
Wednesday or Thursday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Enhancement medication for the electric guitarist.
Thursday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
All the licks, all the tricks - but with minimal hearing loss.
Thursday with Steve Hutchins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
The thrill is far from gone. Let's dive into the master's method.
Tuesday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Study Page's acoustic songs and instrumentals in both standard and open guitar tunings.
Sunday with Donna Herula
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
We'll cover old school and new school.
Monday or Tuesday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Learn approaches to the fingerboard designed to improve your playing
Tuesday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Sunday with Jim Kahr
110 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $30 ($28 members)
Get a solid handle on this universal music form from a seasoned veteran.
Saturday with Staff
180 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $45 ($40 members)
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
Tuesday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($82 members)
Sunday with Jim Kahr
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $30 ($28 members)
Chicago Blues icon Jim Kahr returns to teach about Slidin' the Blues! t
Saturday with Dan Fulkerson
110 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $25 ($24 members)
like it's older younger brother only five notes with endless expression
Thursday with Steve Hutchins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Gonna romp and tromp 'till midnite We're gonna fuss and fight 'till daylight
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long
Monday with Harlan Terson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
A course designed for those who already play another stringed instrument.
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 ($182 members)
Thursday with Skip Landt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Thursday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Come learn and perform this dark genius' scary, funny, beautiful, desperate tunes
Wednesday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Tuesday with Michael Hammerman
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($182 members)
Sunday with Paula McKernan or Renee Nanzer
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $212 ($192 members)
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.
$288 for 30 minutes ($278 for members)
$416 for 45 minutes ($401 for members)
$536 for 60 minutes ($516 for members)
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
8-week lessons: 01/06/2020 – 03/01/2020
Monday 11/18/19: Re-registration for current students begins
Monday 12/02/19: Transfer registration
Wednesday 12/04/19: Open registration
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