Music Classes in Boston, MA

Alan will be teaching a workshop on tune-writing.

Classifiers are hand-shapes that represent Nouns and Verbs in ASL, and they give additional information  such as: location, kind of action, size, shape and manner to name a few.  Comejoin Theresa as she leads you in learning the value of Classifiers, and how to appropriately apply them. A fun, hands-on workshop is excellent for beginners...

Sing, wiggle, shake and giggle with the Jitterbugs, a joyful introduction to music. Jitterbugs' age-appropriate activities include vocal play, rhythm training, instrument exploration, musical games, movement and more. Includes a Karen K & the Jitterbugs CD.

This class is a continuation of Guitar 4 and I’ve been offering it at the request of my students. In this class we continue our journey making friends with barre chords (we’re past the first coffee date and have moved on to dinner and a movie…) plus spend time working on ensemble arrangements. As always, all theory and technique is taught in...

During the semester, we'll play some kick ass rock 'n roll (Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf) as well as explore songs using open tunings (Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young, Diamond In The Rough - Shawn Colvin).  We'll learn how to use a flat pick while finger picking and work on finger exercises that will improve your strength and dexterity....

Max will be teaching a workshop on techniques for accompanying fiddle tunes -- in particular reels and jigs -- for guitars and other strumming instruments.

In this class, we will explore the world of improvisation through a few simple steps. The goal is for students to learn a method for improvisation that can be applied to any kind of music, any instrument, and at any skill level. We will work on connecting our mind to our ears and our ears to our instrument through our voices. The music we will use...

This class is a continuation of Guitar 1 and for you if you’re able to play and switch open chords with relative comfort. As with all of my classes, each week we learn a song or two each of which contains a skill set; new chords, strumming & finger picking patterns, information about navigating sheet music and tabs. Toward the end of the semester,...

This class is a continuation of Guitar 2 and where we learn to make friends with bar chords. I move all of my students in this direction because being able to play bar chords means you’ll be able to play just about any chord you want – if your favorite song has a C#m in it, you’ll know two ways to play it and eventually seeing that chord (or...

Would you love to learn to play the guitar but wonder if you’re too old, too slow, have no natural musical ability or just too busy? I’ve been teaching people as young as 3 and as old as 89 lessons since 1988 and know from experience everyone can learn and enjoy playing the guitar.  This class is for you if you’ve never played guitar before...

In this class, you will learn the fundamentals of American folk fingerstyle and Travis-picking guitar. You'll combine familiar chord shapes with melody and rhythmic patterns to play rich accompaniments and solo guitar songs.  For intermediate-level players.

The group voice class is an introduction to the fundamentals of singing. The collaborative atmosphere is perfect for beginners as it allows students to learn in a comfortable and stress-free setting. This class will focus on the basics of singing and performance technique. 

This workshop will cover all aspects of song-writing. Nationally touring singer-songwriter Antje Duvekot has been writing songs for two decades. In the first half of the class, Antje will share and demonstrate some songwriting secrets from within her arsenal using examples of her own writing process to demonstrate the anatomy of an Antje song. In the...

This is an introductory workshop for backing Celtic music in the DADGAD tuning. We'll start with right hand technique and basic chord shapes, and go on to backing some tunes in DADGAD. We'll focus on techniques that will allow students to get their heads around the tuning quickly, while also providing lots of room to grow. Recommended listening will...

At the first class I always ask my students what inspired them to register. When it was David's turn to share at the beginning of Folk Guitar Ensemble he said, "I just wanna be the guy with the guitar who's playing and singing with the rest of the crowd at a party." Can you relate? Learn how to create guitar and vocal arrangements while learning...