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Summer 2008 Class Schedule

Acoustic and Electric Guitar :: Voice Classes :: Bass, Piano and Keyboard :: Mandolin and Fiddle :: Band Workshops
Songwriting :: Theory, Music Technology and More :: Blue Bear @ Lennon Studios :: Short Seminars

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Blue Bear "hours" are 55 minutes with a 5-minute passing period.

Courses start the week of July 7 and run 10 weeks except where noted.
Sliding scale tuition support is available for lower income students.

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Theory, Songwriting, Music Technology, Mandolin and Fiddle

Class Descriptions

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Music Theory for Guitar Tue 7-8pm $205 Matthew Montfort
Chord Theory for Guitar Wed TBA $205 Steve Kirk
Jazz Chords in Rock Music Wed 8:30-9:30pm $205 Mark Schuh
Get Rhythm! Tue 6-7pm $205 Matthew Montfort
Acoustic Jam Mon 8-9pm $205 Steve Gardner
Beginning Mandolin TBA $205 TBA
Mandolin II Wed 6-7pm $205 Brian Gire
Mandolin VI Thu 6:30-7:30pm $205 Brian Gire
Beginning Saxophone @ Lennon (SOMA) Thu 6:30-7:30pm $205 Jim Peterson
Fiddle for Violinists Mon 7-8pm $205 Steve Gardner
Songwriting with Bill Spooner Tue 7-8:30pm $325 Bill Spooner
Summer School Basic Fiddle Skills See KIDS and TEENS
5-week Classes:
Basic Recording for Songwriters
(section 1, starts July 8)		 Tue 7-9pm $175 Nick Chens
Basic Recording for Songwriters
(section 2, starts August 13)		 Wed 7-9pm $175 Nick Chen

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Voice Classes

Class Descriptions

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Singing for People Who Can't Sing Thu 6-7pm $205 Vicki Burns
Beginning Voice Wed 7-8:30pm $300 Janak Ramachandran
Intermediate Voice Tue 8-9:30pm $300 Vicki Burns
Continuing Voice Thu 7-8pm $205 Vicki Burns
Beginning Jazz Vocals Thu 8-9:30pm $300 Vicki Burns
Jazz Vocal Performance Sat 1:30-3pm $415 Sharman Duran
Acoustic Jam Mon 8-9pm $205 Steve Gardner
5-week Classes:
Vocal Technique with Raz Kennedy Thu 8:30-9:30pm $140 Raz Kennedy

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Bass, Piano and Keyboard

Class Descriptions

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Bass III Mon 7-8pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Bass IV Wed 6-7pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Jam Mon 8-9pm $205 Steve Gardner

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Band Workshops

Class Descriptions

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Basic Rock & Blues (section 1) Tue 6-8:30pm $295 Steve Kirk
Basic Rock & Blues (section 2) Wed 6-8:30pm $295 Mark Schuh
Basic Rock & Blues (section 3) Sat 10:30am-1pm $295 Bill Spooner
Basic Rock & Blues @ Lennon (SOMA) Mon 8:30-11pm $295 Sean Leahy
Basic Rock, Soul and R&B Mon 6-8:30pm $295 Jim Peterson
Contemporary Bands Sat 3:30-6pm $295 Bill Spooner
'80s Pop @ Lennon (SOMA) Mon 6-8:30pm $295 Sean Leahy
Intermediate Rock & Blues (section 1) Tue 8:30-11pm $295 Steve Kirk
Intermediate Rock & Blues (section 2) Thu 6-8:30pm $295 Bill Spooner
Intermediate Blues @ Lennon (SOMA) Wed 6-8:30pm $295 Johnny Nitro
Jazz @ Lennon (SOMA) Thu 7:30-10pm $295 Jim Peterson
Summer School Rock Band See KIDS and TEENS and SUMMER CAMPS

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Short Seminars

Seminar Descriptions

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
The Jazz Guitar Style of
Charlie Christian		 Monday, June 30
6:30-8:30pm		 $30 Brian Gire
Becoming the Music: An Actor's Workshop Monday, June 30
6:30-8:30pm		 $30 Janak Ramachandran
How to Sing and Play Guitar Together Tuesday, July 1
6:30-8:30pm		 $30 Janak Ramachandran
From Grit to Grease: Rock Vocal Texture Wednesday, July 2
6:30-9pm		 $35 Janak Ramachandran
Intro to Drums Saturday, July 5
10:30am-12:30pm		 $30 Shaun McGonegal
The "This-Is-Not-Your-Father's-Capo!" Workshop Tuesday, July 22
6:30-8:30pm		 $30 Gary Lee Joyner
Atomic Fingerpicking Power Plant Wednesday, July 23
6:30-8:30pm		 $30 Gary Lee Joyner

Acoustic and Electric Guitar Classes

Class Descriptions

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
(section 1)		 Mon 6-7pm $205 TBA
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
(section 2)		 Mon 7-8pm $205 Brooks Rocco
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
(section 3)		 Wed 7-8pm $205 Brian Gire
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
(section 4)		 Sat 12:30am-1:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar II (section 1) Mon 8-9pm $205 Brooks Rocco
Acoustic Guitar II (section 2) Tue 6-7pm $205 Mark Schuh
Acoustic Guitar II (section 3) Wed 7-8pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar II (section 4) Sat 9:30-10:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar II @ Lennon (SOMA) Tue 8:30-9:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar III (section 1) Mon 7-8pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar III (section 2) Mon 8-9pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar III (section 3) Tue 7-8pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar III (section 4) Tue 7-8pm $205 Mark Schuh
Acoustic Guitar III (section 5) Wed 9-10pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar III (section 6) Thu 8:30-9:30pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar III (section 7) Sat 10:30-11:30am $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar III @ Lennon (SOMA) Tue 6:30-7:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar IV (section 1) Mon 6-7pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar IV (section 2) Mon 6-7pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar IV (section 3) Wed 8:30-9:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar IV (section 4) Thu 7-8pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar IV (section 5) Sat 11:30am-12:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar IV @ Lennon (SOMA) Tue 5:30-6:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar V Wed 8-9pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar VI (section 1) Mon 7-8pm $205 Mark Schuh
Acoustic Guitar VI (section 2) Thu 6-7pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar VI @ Lennon (SOMA) Tue 7:30-8:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar VII (section 1) Mondays 6-7pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar VII (section 2) Tue 8-9pm $205 Mark Schuh
Acoustic Guitar VII (section 3) Thu 7:30-8:30pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar VIII Wed 6-7pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar IX Tue 6-7pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar X Thu 8-9pm $205 Kent Brown
Mom&Pop-a-Looza Tue 8:30-9:30pm $205 Bill Spooner
Acoustic Jam Mon 8-9pm $205 Steve Gardner
Jazz Chords in Rock Music Wed 8:30-9:30pm $205 Mark Schuh
Beginning Electric Guitar Tue 6-7pm $205 Bill Spooner
Electric Guitar II Wed 6-7pm $205 Mike Rao
Electric Guitar III Mon 8-9pm $205 Brian Gire
Electric Guitar IV Wed 7-8pm $205 Mike Rao
Electric Guitar V Wed 8-9pm $205 Mike Rao
Electric Guitar XI Thu 6:30-7:30 $205 Mike Rao
Electric Guitar XVIII Thu 7:30-9pm $300 Mike Rao
Blues Guitar with Johnny Nitro
@ Lennon (SOMA)		 Wed 8:30-9:30pm $205 Johnny Nitro
Music Theory for Guitar See THEORY and MORE
Chord Theory for Guitar See THEORY and MORE
Summer School Guitar Classes See KIDS and TEENS

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Blue Bear @ Lennon Studios

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Acoustic Guitar II Tue 8:30-9:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar III Tue 6:30-7:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar IV Tue 5:30-6:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar VI Tue 7:30-8:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Blues Guitar Wed 8:30-9:30pm $205 Johnny Nitro
Basic Rock & Blues @ Lennon (SOMA) Mon 8:30-11pm $295 Sean Leahy
'80s Pop Mon 6-8:30pm $295 Sean Leahy
Intermediate Blues Workshop Wed 6-8:30pm $295 Johnny Nitro
Jazz Workshop Thu 7:30-10pm $295 Jim Peterson

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