PERSONAL ENRICHMENT

PERSONAL

ENRICHMENT

MUSIC

NEW BEGINNING GUITAR FOR ADULTS

Have you owned a guitar for some time and need a push to make progress? Though all beginners are welcome, this course is specifically geared towards those who know a few chords and want to play songs! Bring a functioning, recently-tuned acoustic or electric guitar and a clip on tuner (available at any local music store).

Tuition: $189 Instructor: Richard Adams Mon, 4:00-6:00 pm | Sep 28 – Nov 2, 2020

BLUEGRASS BANJO FOR MUSICAL ENTHUSIASTS, LEVEL 1

Bring your 5-string banjo to learn and practice simple techniques, such as right-hand roll patterns and left-hand chord positions, to make playing the banjo easy and fun. Perfect for students with no prior musical experience, or for those beginning/ next level students who want a refresher.

Tuition: $189 Instructor: Jeff Hensley Tue, 5:30-7:30 pm | Sep 22 – Oct 27, 2020

NEW DYNAMIC PERCUSSION: DRUM YOUR WAY TO EXHILARATION!

Explore your muscial rhythm abilities this fall and learn about a variety of drum sets and percussion instruments - acoustic vs electronic, rhythms, and more! Instructor provides drum kits, including cymbals. Bring your own drum sticks and practice pad. You’ll be playing drums/percussion before you know it.

Tuition: $149 Instructor: Joshua Burtner Tue, 6:00-8:00 pm | Sep 22 – Oct 27, 2020

NEW DRUM YOUR WAY TO EXHILARATION: BEYOND THE BASICS (LEVEL 2)

Focused on developing your own drumming technique and personal style, learn to implement your favorite genre of music, while covering a wide range of artistic musical options. Explore ways to approach the drum set as an instrument, offering further instruction to begin honing your personal drumming styles. Incorporate your new and advanced techniques into playing, and accomplish “beyond the basics”.

Tuition: $149 Instructor: Joshua Burtner Thu, 6:00-8:00 pm | Sep 24 – Oct 29, 2020

NEW HOME RECORDING: FROM MICROPHONE TO MP3

Ever thought about recording your own music, starting a podcast, or pursuing voice-over work, but are unsure where to start? Join Josh Burtner in this dynamic and comprehensive course on home audio recording. Learn the ins and outs of Digital Audio Workstations, microphones, recording techniques, and more. Take your project from “microphone to mp3” as you record, edit, and produce your athome audio recording projects.

Tuition: $160 Instructors: Joshua Burtner Mon, 6:00-8:00 pm | Sep 1 – Oct 26, 2020

BEGINNING MANDOLIN: GET THE RHYTHM

Pick and grin your way through this fun beginner’s course, covering a variety of music genres, including bluegrass. Taught by Jeff Hensley, you’ll learn chord positions, basic music theory, simple techniques with right and left hands, and how to play basic tunes and melodies.

Tuition: $189 Instructor: Jeff Hensley Tue, 7:30-9:00 pm | Sep 22 – Oct 27, 2020

NEW MANDOLIN: LEVEL 2

Keep on playing your mandolin! Level 2 sessions build on prior knowledge, with a pick and grin that covers a variety of music genres, including bluegrass. Taught by Jeff Hensley, you’ll advance with chord positions, basic music theory, simple techniques with right and left hands, and learn how to play new tunes and songs

Tuition: $175 Instructor: Jeff Hensley Tue, 7:30-9:00 pm | Nov 3 – Dec 8, 2020

BRCC INSPIRES YOU CREATE!

BEGINNING UKULELE: PART 1

For the absolute beginner, learn to strum, chord, and pick your ukulele in this group class. In four weeks you’ll be able to play and sing along with your favorite tunes. Need a uke? BRCC will loan you one during sessions and for practice at home; request when registering. Soprano and concert ukes only; class uses standard GCEA tuning.

Tuition: $99 Instructor: Richard Adams Thu, 6:00-7:00 pm | Sep 24 – Oct 15, 2020 Thu, 7:15-8:15 pm | Sep 24 – Oct 15, 2020

NEW UKULELE: LEVEL 3

Join your ukulele comrades in this advanced course to learn more fun songs - play anywhere you go! Family events and summer festivals will be made happier with the toe-tapping ukulele tunes you learn in this course. Class uses standard GCEA turning; preferable to have taken at least one basic ukulele course prior to this one.

Tuition: $129 Instructor: Richard Adams Thu, 6:30-8:00 pm | Oct 22 – Nov 12, 2020

WRITING WITH FLAIR

Get ready to focus on the principles of craft, style, rhythm, form, subject matter, symbolism, imagery, and metaphor. Writing prompts and discovery are fueled by landscapes, art, ideas, readings, memories, and backdrops that generate the psyche - while ‘thinking’ about how we are informed by both our interior and exterior worlds. Peers will evaluate and interpret the writings of fellow workshop members through various aspects of craft and form, content, creating vignettes, stories, and poems from beginning drafts through revisions. Bring a writing pad, your favorite pen, and your imagination!

Tuition: $149 Instructor: Cynthia Atkins Tue, 3:00-5:00 pm | Oct 13 – Nov 17, 2020

ART & WRITING

NEW DRAWING: AN INTRODUCTION

Introducing beginners to the basics of drawing, this course begins with essential incremental steps that allow students to understand the basics of drawing from observation with regular practice. Starting in pencil and then charcoal, each student will leave with finished pieces at the end of the course.

Tuition: $165 Instructor: Janly Jaggard Wed, 6:00-8:00 pm | Sep 30 – Nov 4, 2020

NEW SKETCHING WITH INK & WATERCOLOR

Develop your ability to combine watercolor and ink for sketching. You will explore various types of pens and brushes. Working with traditional black and brown inks and a classic defined palette of watercolors, you will focus on techniques for combining line, texture and color, while developing design strategies that balance visual richness with simplicity. Lots of demos, handouts, and feedback.

Tuition: $185 Instructor: John A. Hancock Mon, 2:00-4:00 pm | Sep 21 – Oct 26, 2020

WRITING: TELL YOUR STORY, FIND YOUR VOICE

Poet Maya Angelou said, “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Do you have a story you’d like to share, but it never seems to convey what you envisioned once your pen touches the paper? Whether you want to pass written memories on to future generations, write a poetry collection, or begin that first chapter of a novel - yet can’t seem to find your own unique writing style - this class is for you! Join a published confessional poet to explore examples of memoir, cover multiple genres and topics, set the stage, convey emotion (without naming it), describe your senses, and create metaphors. Find your writing voice with your unique style and approach. Only YOU can tell the story you have in mind!

Tuition: $159 Instructor: Cynthia Atkins Tue, 6:00-8:00 pm | Oct 13 – Nov 17, 2020

CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP FOR ALL

Whether you’re writing for personal expression or to reach an audience, you want your writing to effectively use the techniques and strategies at your disposal. This course uses imagery, metaphor, voice, character, and structure to enhance your writing and communicate more powerfully. You will review successful writers working today on both the local and national level, and discuss outlets for publication and ways to obtain further feedback on your work. Bring your favorite writing utensil and a notebook.

Tuition: $155 Instructor: Susan Facknitz Mon, 6:00-9:00 pm | Sep 28 – Nov 2

ZENTANGLE: MEDITATIVE ART FORM

Tap into your creativity with Zentangle - an easy to learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing small, structured patterns. Zentangle can be helpful to relax, focus, and gain inspiration, and can be done almost anywhere without special abilities or costly supplies. Finished Zentangle art is an unplanned abstract - unusual in that you have no idea what the result will be when you begin. Meditative, intentional doodling, the Zentangle method will help you discover a unique artistic talent and can enhance focus and become a self-help healing practice. Join the many who have already discovered this beautiful, inspiring, beneficial art called Zentangle.

Tuition: $129 Instructor: Sandra Blade, CZT Tue, 6:00-8:00 pm | Sep 29 – Nov 3, 2020

SKETCHING WITH INK

Acquire techniques for both quick and slow sketching with ink, and develop your ink-based sketching with various pens and brushes. Working with traditional black and brown inks and exploring the use of both permanent and water-soluble inks. Concentrating on sketching techniques for line, texture, and washes, you will develop design strategies that balance visual richness with simplicity. Lots of demos, handouts, and feedback.

Tuition: $185 Instructor: John A. Hancock Mon, 6:00-8:00 pm | Sep 21 – Oct 26, 2020