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 ($192 members)
Monday with Harlan Terson
60 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $152 ($142 members)
An hour long lab to make you “badder”
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 2: ‘60s divas
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.
Thursday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Start growing your hair now and looking for the right shoes…
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.
Saturday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
St. Vincent, The Pixies, The National and MORE
Monday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Old Friends, Bookends hone your duo chops Session 2: Greatest Hits
Monday with Alton Smith
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Hey Ho and all points in between
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.
Saturday with Bob Goins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
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.
Friday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Session 1: Help
Session 2: Rubber Soul
Wednesday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
A splendid time is guaranteed Session 2: Rubber Soul
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.
60 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $154 ($144 members)
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
Monday with Jon Wall
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Immerse yourself into a single performance of selected bands that have mastered improvisation.
Session 2 PHISH HALLOWEEN 2018 the Kasvot Växt Set.
Saturday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Session 2: Blondie “Parallel Lines”
Tuesday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Come explore your 21st century inner twang.
Sunday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
gabba gabba hey Session 3: The 80s
Saturday with Bob Goins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
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
Tuesday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Your instruments will howl and Mom will be proud.
Wednesday with Steve Doyle or Tommi Zender
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($212 members)
We can take this bus anywhere you want.
Tuesday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Get your act together before joining an ensemble or group.
Monday or Tuesday with Andrea Bunch or Deanna Devore
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Come together to celebrate popular music by women from all eras.
Wednesday with Tommi Zender
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Work on licks, harmonies, arrangements and more.
Thursday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Come join Uncle Steve's band
Sunday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Whatever…where are my Doc Martins?
Saturday with Bob Goins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Timeless music from the God of Guitar Gods
Monday with Randy Morris or Andrea Bunch
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($212 members)
Just what it says, contemporary music.
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.
Monday with Jack Cassidy
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Build your tune vocabulary.
Sunday with Andrea Bunch
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
Take on the music of one of the greatest of songwriters.
Wednesday with Steve Doyle or Tommi Zender
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $222 ($212 members)
Klassics, Kronicles and Kontinuos Kinkdo.
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.
Wednesday with Bill Brickey
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
We're paying attention to both lyrics and groove.
Thursday with Cathy Norden
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
a crazy little thing…
Monday with Gregg Ostrom
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 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 ($196 members)
Join this rootsy band comprised of a combination of R&B mixed with country influences.
Tuesday with Bob Goins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
If you feel like singing a song and you want other people to sing along…
Saturday with Shelley Miller
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $206 ($196 members)
The bullpen is overflowing with talented artists…let's explore them together.
Thursday with Brandi Berry
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
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
Thursday with Steve Dawson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
A group of 4ever students under Dawson's leadership
Monday with Steve Hutchins
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Learn lead and comping techniques of the major players of the Chicago blues style.
Tuesday with Steve Levitt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Get yourself ready to take a solo.
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.
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.
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.
Monday with Jacob Sweet
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Fun easy pieces to add pizzazz to your style.
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.
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)
Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday with Dan Fulkerson
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Enhancement medication for the electric guitarist.
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.
Tuesday with John Mead
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Learn approaches to the fingerboard designed to improve your playing
Monday with Michael Miles
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Let your fingers become the Fab Four
Tuesday with Chris Corsale
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Sunday with Professor Moptop
90 minutes · Once a week for 1 week · $15 ($14 members)
Chuck, Fats, Little Richard and many more.
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
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.
Monday with Ed Holstein
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Learn and be inspired by a study of masterful songwriting
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.
Thursday with Skip Landt
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Wednesday with Charles Kim
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Tuesday with Michael Hammerman
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $202 ($192 members)
Wednesday or Sunday with Paula McKernan or Renee Nanzer
80 minutes · Once a week for 8 weeks · $212 ($202 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: 03/04/2019 – 04/28/2019
Monday 01/28/19: Re-registration for current students begins
Monday 02/11/19: Transfer registration
Wednesday 02/13/19: Open registration
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
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