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Fall 2010 Class Schedule   (View a PDF)   Sliding Scale Information

Courses start the week of September 27 and run 10 weeks except where noted. (Blue Bear Calendar)
Blue Bear "hours" are 55 minutes with a 5-minute passing period. (Refund and Drop Policies)

Voice Classes :: Bass Classes :: Band Workshops :: Kids and Teens :: Short Seminars :: Blue Bear @ Lennon :: Blue Bear @ HMC :: Blue Bear Online

Theory, Songwriting, Mandolin, Ukulele and More

Class DescriptionsHow To Sign Up

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Guitar Clarity I with Tal Morris Wed 6:30-8pm $325 Tal Morris
Guitar Clarity II with Tal Morris Tue 6:30-8pm $325 Tal Morris
Ear Training with Raz Kennedy Thu 7-8pm $275 Raz Kennedy
Acoustic Jam Basics Tue 7-8pm $230 Brian Gire
Acoustic Jam Basics II Mon 8-9pm $230 Brian Gire
Advanced Acoustic Jam Thu 7-8:30pm $325 Brian Gire
Beginning Ukulele Tue 7-8pm $230 Matt Driscoll
Recording Basics on Computer Sat 10:30am-12pm $325 Cole Berggren
Five-week Classes:
Beginning Songwriting
with Bonnie Hayes
Every other week beginning Sept. 28
Tue 6-7:30pm $260 Bonnie Hayes
Intermediate/Advanced Songwriting
with Bonnie Hayes
Every other week beginning Sept. 28
Tue 7:30-9pm $275 Bonnie Hayes
After School Songwriting
with Bonnie Hayes
Every other week beginning Sept. 28
Tue 4:30-6pm $275 Bonnie Hayes
Improv Boot Camp
Every other week beginning Oct. 5
Tue 7-9pm $230 Jeff Massanari
Basic Recording Techniques for Musicians - See THEORY and MORE

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Voice Classes

Class DescriptionsHow To Sign Up

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Singing for People Who Can't Sing Thu 6-7 pm $230 Masha Campagna
Singing for People Who Can't Sing
@ HMC (Duboce Park)
Tue 8:30-9:30pm $230 Dionne Pickard
Singing for People Who Can Sing Tue 8-9:30pm $325 Robert Blake
Singing for People Who Can Sing
@ HMC (Duboce Park)
Tue 7-8:30pm $325 Dionne Pickard
More Singing with Robert Blake Tue 7-8 pm $230 Robert Blake
Beginning Voice (section 1) Wed 7:15-8:30pm $275 Janak Ramachandran
Beginning Voice (section 2) Wed 8:30-9:30pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Intermediate Voice Wed 6-7:15pm $275 Janak Ramachandran
Advanced Voice Mon 7-8pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Vocal Technique with Raz Kennedy
Mon 8-9pm $275 Raz Kennedy
Vocal Technique II with Raz Kennedy
Thu 8-9pm $275 Raz Kennedy
Harmony Vocals with Raz Kennedy
Mon 6:30-8pm $370 Raz Kennedy
Glee Club! with Pollyanna Bush Mon 7-9pm $370 Pollyanna Bush
Vocal Performance Workshop
Wed 7-8:30pm $360 Lynn Asher
Beginning Jazz Vocals Thu 7-8pm $230 Masha Campagna
Jazz Vocal Performance Sat 1:30-3pm $450 Sharman Duran
Ear Training with Raz Kennedy
Thu 7-8pm $275 Raz Kennedy

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Bass Classes

Class DescriptionsHow To Sign Up

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Beginning Bass Mon 6-7pm $230 Ben Bernstein
Bass II Mon 8-9pm $230 Ben Bernstein
Acoustic Jam Basics Tue 7-8pm $230 Brian Gire
Acoustic Jam Basics II Mon 8-9pm $230 Brian Gire
Advanced Acoustic Jam Thu 7-8:30pm $325 Brian Gire

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Band Workshops

Class DescriptionsHow To Sign Up

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Basic Rock & Blues (section 1) Mon 6-8:30pm $345 Jim Peterson
Classic Rock @ Lennon Mon 6-8:30pm $345 Sean Leahy
Basic Rock, Soul & R&B Mon 8:30-11pm $345 Jim Peterson
Basic Rock & Blues @ Lennon Mon 8:30-11pm $345 Sean Leahy
Basic Rock & Blues (section 2) Tue 6-8:30pm $345 Steve Kirk
Intermediate Rock & Blues (section 1) Tue 8:30-11pm $345 Steve Kirk
Basic Rock & Blues (section 3) Wed 6-8:30pm $345 Mark Schuh
Alt/Country @ Lennon Wed 6-8:30pm $345 Sean Leahy
Great Bands: Pink Floyd Wed 8:30-11pm $345 Mark Schuh
Intermediate Rock & Blues (section 2) Thu 6-8:30pm $345 Bill Spooner
Jazz @ Lennon Thu 8:30-11pm $345 Jim Peterson
Intermediate Rock & Blues (section 3) Sat 10:30am-1pm $345 Bill Spooner
Indie Bands Sat 3:30-6pm $345 Bill Spooner
Sunday Rockers Sun 10:30am-1pm $345 Walter Alexander
The Blues on Sunday @ Lennon Sun 4-6:30pm $345 Johnny Nitro
Rockerwomen Sun 6:45-8:45pm $285 Lani Kilgariff
For Teens: Also see KIDS and TEENS
Rockergrrrls Sat 2-3:30pm $295 Lani Kilgariff
Sunday Rockschool Level 1 @ Lennon Sun 1-2:30pm $295 Sean Leahy
Sunday Rockschool Level 2 @ Lennon Sun 2:30-4pm $295 Sean Leahy

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Short Seminars

Seminar DescriptionsSign Up

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Triad Power Monday, Sept. 20
6:30-8:30pm
$30 Brian Gire
From Grit to Grease:
Rock Vocal Texture
Monday, Sept. 20
6:30-9pm
$35 Janak Ramachandran
The Guitar "Chops" Seminar Tuesday, Sept. 21
7-9pm
$30 Jeff Massanari
How to Sing and
Play Guitar Together
Wednesday, Sept. 22
6:30-8:30pm
$30 Janak Ramachandran
Tone: A Guide to Amps, Effects and Tone for Electric Guitar Wednesday, Sept. 22
6:30-8:30pm
$30 Tal Morris
Acme Lead Guitar Wednesday, Sept. 22
8:30-10pm
$25 Tal Morris
Vocal Performance Workshop Wednesday, Sept. 22
7-9pm
$30 Lynn Asher
Intro to Speech Level Singing Thursday, Sept. 23
6:30-8:30pm
$30 Masha Campagna
Survey of Fingerpicking Styles and Technique Thursday, Sept. 23
6:30-8:30pm
$30 Brian Gire
Intro to Drums Saturday, Sept. 25
10:30am-12:30pm
$30 Shaun McGonegal
Blue Bear is proud to host:
Ruth Gerson's Singingbelt Workshop (more info)

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Acoustic and Electric Guitar Classes

Class DescriptionsHow To Sign Up

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
(section 1)
Mon 7-8pm $230 Brian Gire
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
(section 2)
Tue 6-7pm $230 Mark Schuh
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
(section 3)
Thu 7-8pm $230 Josh Graves
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
(section 4)
Sat 9:30-10:30am $230 Kai Chu
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
After School
Tue 4-5pm $230 Matt Driscoll
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
@ Lennon
Tue 7:30-8:30pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
@ HMC (Duboce Park)
Wed 8:30-9:30pm $230 Matt Driscoll
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
Big Group
Thu 8-9pm $160 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar II Tue 8-9pm $230 Mark Schuh
Acoustic Guitar II @ Lennon Tue 8:30-9:30pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar II @ HMC Wed 6:30-7:30pm $230 Matt Driscoll
Acoustic Guitar II - Big Group Mon 7-8 pm $160 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar III (section 1) Tue 7-8 pm $230 Mark Schuh
Acoustic Guitar III (section 2) Wed 6-7 pm $230 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar III (section 3) Thu 8-9pm $230 Kai Chu
Acoustic Guitar III @ Lennon Tue 6:30-7:30pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar III @ HMC Tue 7:30-8:30pm $230 Matt Driscoll
Acoustic Guitar IV Tue 8-9pm $230 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar IV - Big Group Wed 8-9pm $160 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar V Mon 6-7pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar V @ Lennon Tue 5:30-6:30pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar V - Big Group Wed 7-8pm $160 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar VI Thu 8-9pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar VII (section 1) Mon 9-10pm $230 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar VII (section 2) Thu 6-7pm $230 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar VII - Big Group Mon 8-9pm $160 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar IX Tue 8-9pm $230 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar X Mon 6-7pm $230 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar XI Wed 7-8pm $230 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar XII (section 1) Mon 8-9pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar XII (section 2) Thu 8:30-9:30pm $230 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar XIII Thu 7-8pm $230 Kent Brown
Acoustic Jam Basics Tue 7-8pm $230 Brian Gire
Acoustic Jam Basics II Mon 8-9pm $230 Brian Gire
Advanced Acoustic Jam Thu 7-8:30pm $325 Brian Gire
Acoustic Led Zeppelin Wed 6-7pm $230 Kent Brown
Acoustic Rock Guitar Thu 6-7pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Beginning Electric Guitar Thu 6-7pm $230 Josh Graves
Beginning Electric Guitar Online (more info) Anytime $230 Mike Rao
Electric Guitar III Thu 6-7pm $230 Lindsey Boullt
Electric Guitar IV Wed 8-9pm $230 Mike Rao
Electric Guitar V Thu 7:30-8:30pm $230 Mike Rao
Electric Guitar XI Wed 6-7pm $230 Mike Rao
Hot Rod Lincoln Online (more info) Anytime $125 Randy Clark
Soloing Over Rock and Blues Online (more info) Anytime $250 Mike Powell
Make It Sing: The Art of Single Note Technique Tue 8-9:30pm $325 Tal Morris
Blues Fuse with Tal Morris Wed 8-9:30pm $325 Tal Morris
Improv Boot Camp
Five-week class starts Oct. 5
Tue 7-9 pm $230 Jeff Massanari
Jazz Guitar V Wed 9-10pm $230 Brian Gire
Guitar Clarity I with Tal Morris Wed 6:30-8pm $325 Tal Morris
Guitar Clarity II with Tal Morris Tue 6:30-8pm $325 Tal Morris

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Kids and Teens

Class DescriptionsHow To Sign Up

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
After School Beginning Acoustic Guitar Tue 4-5pm $230 Matt Driscoll
Rockergrrrls Workshop Sat 2-3:30pm $295 Lani Kilgariff
Sunday Rockschool Level 1 @ Lennon Sun 1-2:30pm $295 Sean Leahy
Sunday Rockschool Level 2 @ Lennon Sun 2:30-4pm $295 Sean Leahy
After School Songwriting with Bonnie Hayes Five-week class starts Sept. 28 Tue 4:30-6pm $275 Bonnie Hayes

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Blue Bear @ Lennon (SOMA)

Lennon Studios - 271 Dore St. (near Bryant b/t 9th and 10th) in San Francisco

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Beginning Acoustic Guitar Tue 7:30-8:30pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar II
Tue 8:30-9:30pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar III Tue 6:30-7:30pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar V Tue 5:30-6:30pm $230 Janak Ramachandran
Classic Rock Workshop Mon 6-8:30pm $345 Sean Leahy
Basic Rock & Blues Workshop Mon 8:30-11pm $345 Sean Leahy
Alt/Country Workshop Wed 6-8:30pm $345 Sean Leahy
Jazz Workshop Thu 8:30-11pm $345 Jim Peterson
The Blues on Sunday Workshop Sun 4-6:30pm $345 Johnny Nitro
Sunday Rockschool Level 1 Sun 1-2:30pm $295 Sean Leahy
Sunday Rockschool Level 2 Sun 2:30-4pm $295 Sean Leahy

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Blue Bear @ HMC (Duboce Park)

Harvey Milk Recreational Arts Center - 50 Scott St. (near Duboce) in San Francisco

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Beginning Acoustic Guitar Tue 8:30-9:30pm $230 Matt Driscoll
Acoustic Guitar II
Tue 6:30-7:30pm $230 Matt Driscoll
Acoustic Guitar III Tue 7:30-8:30pm $230 Matt Driscoll
Singing for People Who Can't Sing Tue 8:30-9:30pm $230 Dionne Pickard
Singing for People Who Can Sing Tue 7-8:30pm $325 Dionne Pickard

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Blue Bear Online

Class Descriptions + Sign-up Info

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Beginning Electric Guitar Online Anytime $215 Mike Rao
Hot Rod Lincoln Online Anytime $125 Randy Clark
Soloing Over Rock and Blues Online Anytime $250 Mike Powell

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