Winter Session starts
December 8
Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays only 12-7:30 pm.
Wednesdays are reserved for Flex Lessons and Bi-Weekly only. (See below)
We are currently doing in person lessons with the appropriate safety precautions in place, as well as online lessons.
We are now open for in person lessons indoors, as we now have a Hepa filter in each teaching space.
Students and instructors are required to have masks on and be 6ft apart, hand sanitizer is provided.
Our waiting room remains closed.
We will text or come to the door when it is safe for the next student to start their lesson.
We are now doing small ensembles with a max of 3, not including the instructor, or a max of 4 people total, in our larger studio space. These will start during our Winter Session which starts December 8.
To register, please click the link below to send us an email.
We look forward to hearing from you!!
Private and Semi-Private Lessons
Private and Semi-Private lessons will be offered on the following instruments:
- Fiddle
- Guitar
- Mandolin
- Old-Time/Clawhammer Banjo
- Bouzouki/Octave Mandolin
Lesson Flex Wednesdays
This option allows a bit of flexibility to your lesson schedule. You will be able to purchase a minimum of 4 lessons for any session (i.e. Fall, Winter, or Spring). Your lessons can be scheduled at whatever time is best for you and can change from lesson to lesson as long as we have the time available. Lesson times being offered are from noon-7:30pm on Wednesdays during regular teaching weeks. You can book the day before or you can book the week before, it's up to you! But, you have to use those 4-6 lessons before the end of the current session. Remaining lessons will not be rolled into the following session and there are no refunds for lessons not used within the session.
There are a few catches of course...
1- We would have to book the lessons over email, text or phone. We don't want to be booking your next lesson during your lesson time for the sake of wasting time and also potentially running late for the next student.
2- This option is only available for 45 and 60 minute private lessons. There will not be any 30 minute private lessons offered in this situation.
3- Due to the fact that there will be more time spent scheduling the lessons, there will be a $20 Admin fee per session.
4- You will have to pay for all your lessons upfront in one payment.
There are a few catches of course...
1- We would have to book the lessons over email, text or phone. We don't want to be booking your next lesson during your lesson time for the sake of wasting time and also potentially running late for the next student.
2- This option is only available for 45 and 60 minute private lessons. There will not be any 30 minute private lessons offered in this situation.
3- Due to the fact that there will be more time spent scheduling the lessons, there will be a $20 Admin fee per session.
4- You will have to pay for all your lessons upfront in one payment.
Ensembles max 3 students
Americana Ensemble
5-6pm Thursdays
Led by Matt Shipman
I call this the Americana ensemble to leave the repertoire open to the realm of bluegrass, folk, country, and other forms of traditional and contemporary acoustic influenced music. The repertoire is mostly driven by the members of the ensemble. We will focus on what it means to play music as a group and create arrangements, vocal harmonies, and solos. As the Session progresses, we settle on a group of songs to focus on, and adding more as we go. It's a really fun way to play with a group of people on a regular basis and be involved in a real band!
5-6pm Thursdays
Led by Matt Shipman
I call this the Americana ensemble to leave the repertoire open to the realm of bluegrass, folk, country, and other forms of traditional and contemporary acoustic influenced music. The repertoire is mostly driven by the members of the ensemble. We will focus on what it means to play music as a group and create arrangements, vocal harmonies, and solos. As the Session progresses, we settle on a group of songs to focus on, and adding more as we go. It's a really fun way to play with a group of people on a regular basis and be involved in a real band!
Master Classes (Suspended Temporarily)
These 75 minute classes will be offered periodically during each session and will focus on a specific style, technique or subject. The class descriptions, date the class will be offered and the cost of each class will be listed on our MASTER CLASSES page. These classes are open to the general public as well as our private students. So please spread the word if you know anyone who might be interested in attending these!