MUSIC FOR ADULTS
Hootenanny is now offering music classes for grown-ups! Join us for Guitar, Ukulele, Choir or Banj0. Private Lessons also available upon request
GUITAR 1
Winter 6 week session
Thursdays 1:15pm-2:15 pm- March 7-April 11
$252
Guitar I is designed for total beginners. We will introduce the basics of playing guitar - chord shapes, tuning, rhythm, and some songs. Song selections will be based on the interest of the group. Come on out to kick back and connect with yourself and the community around you through music.
GUITAR 2
Winter 6 week session
Thursdays 7:45 - 8:45 pm- March 7- April 11
$252
Guitar 2 is our follow-up class from Guitar 1. If you have enjoyed Guitar 1 or you are a beginner who knows 3-5 chords and some basic strumming you are welcome to come out! We will focus on learning full songs, introduce playing up the guitar neck and dive deeper into finding your styles, intuitive strum patterns and singing and playing at the same time.
GUITAR 3
Winter 6 week session
Fridays 6:30pm - 7:30 pm- March 8- April 12
$252
Join our very own Music Together teacher/ Brooklyn based artist Oghenero Gbaje (Oghie) and take your guitar playing to the next level. Oghie is thrilled to bring Guitar 3 to Hootenanny. This is maybe the most challenging moment for a guitar player. You can play. It sounds pretty good. But you're stuck doing the same few strumming patterns and chord progressions. Here is a chance to burst through to the next level! Join Oghie and learn the fretboard through exploring scales, solos and chord shapes up the neck. This class will also focus on the idea of personal style-- first emulating artists and styles you admire and then experimenting with how you personally make your guitar sing. If you've gone through Guitar 2 with us or you already know all the basic chords and can change and play with relative ease, this class is for you- don't miss it!
Hootenanny Choir for Adults (young adults welcome!)
ON HOLD for the Spring
$160
Join Broadway musician Ben Moss for a no audition, no experience necessary community choir! Each week, we'll pick up a new piece of music, learn it, shape it, and sing it all the way through, all for the pleasure of making music in a group. All varieties of music will be chosen for learning, and open to suggestions and requests as well. This community choir class will give participants experience in vocal technique, musicianship, and singing in an ensemble.
Ukulele 1
Wednesdays 6-7pm
Spring 6 week Session: April 3-May 8
$252
Ukulele 1 is designed for total beginners. We will learn chord shapes, tuning, strumming rhythms and come away able to play some basic songs. Join the party and connect with yourself and others through music!
Ukulele 2
Wednesdays 7:15pm-8:15pm
Spring 6 week Session: April 3-May 8
$252
Ukulele 2 is the follow up to Ukulele 1. We will learn work with more complex chords and strumming as well as picking some melodies. If you’ve taken Ukulele 1 or already have 3-5 chords that you can change with relative ease, this class is for you! Join this literal party! This class is designed to take multiple times as the song selections will vary!
Beginning Banjo
ON HOLD for the Spring
Mondays 7:30-8:30 , January 8-February 16 (MLK off)
$252
Join old-time, Americana and bluegrass musician Cameron Scoggins for this Clawhammer banjo class for total beginners. No music theory or experience required.
Don’t even know what Clawhammer banjo is? Come find out! This course is designed to teach the basics; including banjo anatomy, hand postures, tuning, rhythms and basic techniques for playing Clawhammer banjo. From there, we will learn a few tunes to pick with each other and at home by yourself!
