Adult Classes
The School of Music is taught by some of the folk world’s top teachers
Each online session consists of four weekly lessons. Local students are encouraged to participate in Caffe Lena’s jams and open mics in order to further develop skills and become part of a folk music community.
To ask a question about the Caffe Lena School of Music or learn more about scholarships please email musicschool@caffelena.org
Upcoming Classes
Intro to Ukulele
Wednesdays from 7:00pm – 8:15pm ET
April 7, 14, 21, and 28th
In this course we will go step by step to learn basic guitar techniques, chords, and rhythms. Our ultimate goal will be playing and singing some of our favorite folk songs.
Intro to Guitar with James Gascoyne
Mondays from 7:00 – 8:30pm
April 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th
In this course we’ll apply what we learned in the step by step approach to basic guitar techniques, chords, and rhythms. Now it’s time to play and sing some of our favorite folk songs.
Intermediate Irish Fiddle with Oona Grady
Wednesdays from 7:00pm – 8:30pm ET
April 7th, 14th, 21st, & 28th
This class will focus on building repertoire and technique for intermediate fiddle players. We will cover a variety of dance rhythms, discuss how to add bowing and ornaments, and how to arrange the tunes we learn into sets.
Beginning Clawhammer 3 with Allison DeGroot
Sundays from 12:00pm – 1:30pm ET
March 28th, April 4th, 11th & 18th
This class is a continuation of Beginning Clawhammer and is meant for players with a growing amount of experience. Allison will work with you on technique and rhythm right off the bat, giving you a strong foundation to build your clawhammer skills. By the end of this course, the goal is to have you using bum-ditty and double thumbing, focusing on good technique and rhythm. You will learn a handful of tunes too!
Music Business Seminar for Songwriters and Performers with Dan Navarro
Satuday April 10th & Sunday, April 11th
12:00pm – 3:00pm
Dance in the Moment: Percussive Dance Improvisation with Nic Gareiss
Tuesdays from 7:00 – 8:30pm
April 6th, 13th, 20th, & 27th
Intro to Fiddle 3 with Oona Grady
Mondays from 7:00 – 8:30pm
April 5th, 12th, 19th, & 26th
In these classes you will learn how to hold your instrument, create pitches, and control your bow. Topics will include simple scales, bowing rhythms, and how to sound out your favorite melodies by ear. All beginning students are welcome whether you are starting from scratch or honing in on your scales and basic technique.
Clawhammer Banjo with Bruce Molsky
Tuesdays from 7:00 – 8:30pm
April 27th, May 4th, 11th, & 18th
We’ll look at a couple of classic tunes and focus on the important elements, like phrasing and rhythm, and work on techniques such as pull-offs, drop thumbs and rolls. Solid time is the engine behind good banjo playing, and so we’ll come back to some of the right hand basics as well that give the drive we’re all looking for.
Old Time Fiddle with Bruce Molsky
Wednesdays from 7:00 – 8:30pm
April 28th, May 5th, 12th, & 19th
One of our most popular classes! Bruce takes a fun and intense hands-on approach in this old time fiddle workshop. Tunes are taught a phrase at a time, first melody, then bowing, and then piecing things together. We’ll dig into old-time music’s unique phrasing, rhythm and syncopation, intonation, etc. The tune is the vehicle, so mostly we’ll be playing! If enough folks are interested, we can also spend some time working on singing with the fiddle.
Backup & Melody Playing on Guitar in Old Time & Bluegrass
Thursdays from 7:00 – 8:30pm
April 29th, May 6th, 13th, & 20th
Refine your guitar skills in Old Time and Bluegrass music! This workshop will focus on developing solid timing to accompany fiddle tunes, how to begin to create and manipulate bass runs to get you from one chord to another, and an introduction to playing basic melodies of songs and fiddle tunes. We’ll be using direct examples from recordings and common repertoire. Supplementary tabs and diagrams will be distributed each week along with listening examples.
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