CLASSES

All registered students are encouraged to attend and perform on our virtual stage:
3 Chord Thursday. Each session is livestreamed and recorded for review, to play along for practice and improvement.

FALL 2024

FREE TASTER WORKSHOPS IN ZOOM: 9th and 11th October 2024

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Register for 6 weekly classes in October and November 2024, with optional additional sessions to be determined (included in Tuition Fee)

  • UKULELE FALL 2024 Wednesdays from 4 PM in Zoom / in-person followed by Zoom sessionat 5 PM EDT (hybrid).
  • PIANO FALL 2024 Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:50 PM EDT in Zoom

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION BY 3 October 2024 get $10 OFF and a new exercise in advance. All times are EDT. Daylight Savings from 3rd November 2024 in the USA.

LAST UPDATE: 10/24/2024 at 1:00 PM EDT
PIANO SPRING 2024
Ukulele Course Spring & Summer 2024

Get on the Ukulele Enthusiast e-blast to be the first to get notified of workshops and courses. Take a peek at what we do in the group classes in this new blog post.

Tuition

  • Regular tuition: $260 for 8-week class
  • Special tuition: $170 for 5-week class
  • Tuition for 3 Chord Thursday Annual Passholders $210 for 8-week class

Hybrid Workshops in 2024

Hybrid means in-person and in Zoom. These one-hour workshops are offered after 3 Chord Thursday sessions and start promptly at 4:30 PM EST.

To be scheduled
Ukulele Bootcamp
Learn 20% of what you need to play 80% of what you want

Ukulele Bootcamp
This is the class that will get you to improve your rhythm and timing, practice different strokes and strum patterns, build your chord vocabulary, grow your song repertoire, … the 20% you need to do 80% of what you want. It’s the class that gives you the most amount of playing. [In contrast, Music Theory has most amount of homework and least amount of playing.] Each bootcamp is new and different from the previous offering. You can take this class as many times as you want. You are invited to requests songs you’d like to learn.

Fingerstyle Ukulele: fingering and fingerpicking technique

Fingerstyle Ukulele
Depending on the skill level and focus, fingerstyle ukulele courses have been given different names to reflect the content and skill level: Pick & Pluck, Tab & Pluck, Pluck & Play, Fingerpickin’ Good, Low G Ukes Unite! , Pluck & Strum, Fingerstyle Ukulele Showcase, and Riffs.

We start with reading and playing from tablature (tab or tabs) and focus on technique to produce quality tone. Topics: how to produce a good tone, how to read from a lead sheet and make a chord melody arrangement, pluck patterns for accompaniment, duet, ensemble playing. In the past, the following books have been used in this class:

  • Jeff Peterson’s Graded Repertoire for Ukulele Classical
  • Daniel Ward’s Arpeggio Meditations (high G ukulele)
  • Daniel Ward & Heidi Swedbergs ‘Tis the Season for ‘Ukulele (low G ukulele)
  • Anne Ku’s Fun with Uke Book (high G ukulele)
  • Paul Mansell’s Classical Uke
  • Paul Mansell’s 2kulele (ukulele duets)

Course Information

  • Each class session is video recorded, the link and handouts distributed to class members within 24 hours. You may take the entire class at your ideal time and pace if you wish. The video link will remain active until the start of the next season.
  • The course’s full schedule will be given at the first class session.
  • Register for a course by completing the registration form. The tuition fee may be paid by Zelle, Venmo, Paypal, Amazon Gift Card, or Cash/Check. The Zoom link will be sent to you after fee payment.
  • The course will be offered once minimum 6 register, or else gets postponed. If a course is cancelled, a student may register for another course at the original registration fee. See below for refund policy.

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SPECIAL OFFERS

Classes with minimum enrolment of 6 will start as scheduled. Below that number, start dates will get postponed. Only registered students who have PAID will receive the Zoom information.

Unless specified otherwise, the tuition covers all instructional material for all class sessions, including bespoke exercises and arrangements (custom-created for the class), class video recordings, and homework. Certain classes require advance purchase of books.

Illustration by Eve Myles

Refund Policy

If the class gets cancelled, you will receive a full refund of what you paid via Venmo or Zelle or Cash. If paid through other means, only the tuition you’ve fully paid will be refunded (due to administrative costs charged by Paypal etc).

If you have to cancel, BEFORE the class commences, you can request for a refund by e-mail. You can choose to receive 1) a 50% monetary refund, 2) a full tuition refund in CREDIT towards future classes, or 3) donate into the SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Payment fees via Paypal will not be refunded.

If classes have already started, you can request for a REFUND of the unused portion in the form of partial CREDIT towards future classes. Again, you can also transfer the remainder to someone else or donate into the SCHOLARSHIP FUND.

Other options:
For any reason, you choose not to take the class you have registered for, you CAN request to switch to another class. You CAN give your paid enrollment to someone else (who can take the class you chose or switch to another offered). You CAN donate your tuition into the Scholarship Fund.

Workshops (one-off)

Music Courses (4 to 10 weeks)