Fall 2013 City of Walnut Creek's Guide to Arts + Rec

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Music AGES 9-14

AGES 10-16

Classical Guitar for Tweens (Beg)

The Voice

Learn some of the basics and discover how fun and easy the guitar

Do you want to learn to sing songs with proper vocal technique?

can be! Proper technique, tone production, tuning, note reading

In this class you will explore your voice by singing pop music and

and single line melodic playing. Move on to ensemble playing and

songs of your choice solo or in groups. Every session is different

basic solo repertoire. No experience in music or guitar necessary.

All levels and musical styles welcome!

Note: Nylon string classical guitar in appropriate size is required.

INSTRUCTOR : Jill Enders

INSTRUCTOR : Jonathan Mendle

LOCATION Music Classroom, Shadelands Art Center

LOCATION Music Classroom, Shadelands Art Center

$98: 9 classes

$115: 10 classes

$18 supply fee due at first class

Class 23591

Class 23593

6:00pm-7:00pm

Tue

Mon

6:00pm-6:50pm

9/9-11/4

9/10-11/12 A G E S 1 4 & up

A G E S 1 0 & up

Guitar in a Flash for Adults

Cello Ensemble

Learn to play a perennial instrument, including effective playing

The glorious sound of a cello choir and the resonance and mellow

postures, finger style and pick style techniques, reading tablature

tones of cellists playing together is inspiring and a huge audience

and standard music notation while playing beautiful melodies.

hit. Work on ensemble playing, intonation and exploring the vast

Acoustic nylon or steel string guitars preferred but electric guitars

cello ensemble literature. At least one year private cello instruction

are acceptable if accompanied with a small practice amplifier.

or have progressed to the end of Suzuki Book I is required.

Open to teens and adults. No experience necessary.

INSTRUCTOR : Stephen Evans

INSTRUCTOR : Jonathan Mendle

LOCATION Lobby, Shadelands Art Center

LOCATION Music Classroom, Shadelands Art Center

$115: 10 classes

Class 23704

Tue

$104: 9 classes

8:35pm-9:20pm

9/10-11/12

A G E S 1 0 & up

Class 23592

Mon

7:00pm-8:00pm

9/9-11/4

A D U LT

Intro to Fiddle Styles

Listening to Music: Opera II

Violin, Viola, and Cello students with two years of experience

With its oversized sets, gestures and singers, opera can sometimes

will draw on a range of fiddle styles, from Scottish, Irish, and

seem ridiculous. But wait. Do you like music? Do stories of

Quebecois to American Old-time and Scandinavian. Folk music is

passion, love, hate, greed, jealousy, madness, death, murder,

transmitted orally, and there will a special emphasis on learning

pity, and sex intrigue you? Have you ever wondered what all the

music by ear. Students are encouraged to bring a recording device.

shouting is about? If you answered yes to any of the above, this class is for you. With the use of DVDs, we will view, listen to, and

INSTRUCTOR : Stephan Betz LOCATION Music Classroom, Shadelands Art Center

discuss some of the greatest operatic works in Western music by Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, and others.

$95: 10 classes

Class 23589

Fri

6:00pm-7:00pm

9/13-11/15

INSTRUCTOR : A.J. Remedios LOCATION Annex C, Shadelands Art Center $69: 6 classes

Class 23586

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Fri

10:00am-12:00pm

9/27-11/1


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