Group Classes - Blue Bear School of Music

Acoustic Guitar Electric Guitar Voice Piano/Keys Bass Drums Sax/Clarinet Mandolin/Ukulele

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 Descriptions • How 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

Voice Classes

Class Descriptions • How 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

Bass Classes

Class Descriptions • How 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

Band Workshops

Class Descriptions • How 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

Short Seminars

Seminar Descriptions • Sign 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)

Acoustic and Electric Guitar Classes

Class Descriptions • How 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

Kids and Teens

Class Descriptions • How 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

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

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

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

Blue Bear School of Music does not discriminate according to race, color, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational and admissions policies and in its programs.