Adult Programs
Adult Recorder Ensemble
Janet Underhill
Advanced-intermediate adult recorder students get together for one hour per week to learn new chamber music. The group performs 2-3 times per year with some community outreach. Membership, after audition, is at the discretion of the director. 16 weeks
Duxbury
$275
| Wednesday, 4:30 – 5:30 pm |
New!! Jazz for Classical Musicians
Chris Rathbun
Open to ages 14 (or younger with approval) to adult of intermediate to advanced skill levels (Suzuki students beyond Book 3) on ALL instruments including voice. This 12-week class approaches learning to improvise the way one might take a crash course in a foreign language for travelers. Progressive phrases and patterns from the repertoire and recordings will be introduced to help cultivate jazz vocabulary. Practice of how chord progressions work will provide the syntax. Required: 10-12 assigned downloadable recordings for personal use, free software (made available), desire to have fun.
$250
| Hingham: Wednesday, 7:30 - 8:30 pm |
Rock History: Who Put the Bop in the Bop, Shoo, Bop?
Tom Boyer
Take a Memory Lane stroll and enjoy the sounds and sights of the early rock eras. Learn about origins, artists, instruments, and tunes while grooving to those oldies but goodies. Through a guided tour of listening, lecture, and discussion, enjoy the popular music of our culture called Rock in four 5-week sessions or eras.
Hingham: Saturday, 10:45 - 11:45 am
$150/era
1st Era: I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues |
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2nd Era: I'm All Shook Up because I can't Get A Job |
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3rd Era: She Loves You, Mr. Tambourine Man |
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4th Era: Scale The Wall on a Stairway to Heaven |
Drum Circle
Sponsored by Mollie Dunn
Ed Sorrentino
Drum Circe is a hands-on, rhythm-based musical activity for all age groups. This fun, effective means of communicating through drums and percussion instruments provides health-promoting strategies such as self-expression, stress reduction and exercise. A trained facilitator leads the group.
4 weeks
Hingham: Friday, 7 - 8 pm
| $85/person | $160/family |
New!! Vocal Jazz Improvisation
Kaoruko Pilkington
Ages: adults and jazz-focused high school students This exciting new class teaches scatting from the ground up. Students learn a simple blues tune and trading vocal lines back and forth with the teacher, and eventually use that blues tune to experiment with rhythmic and melodic themes, embellish their vocal lines, and finally create their own unique versions of the song. 12 weeks
Starts September 25, 2008
$250
| Hingham: Thursday 5:30 - 6:30 pm |
Electronic Effects for Guitarists
Guitarists have a myriad of choices when it comes to effects, so before you head off to the music store, get some hands on time with the tone shaping tools used by the guitar greats! Learn how effects change the sound of your guitar and how you can use them to discover your own tone in this 12-week course.
$250
| Hingham: Thursday, 5 - 6 pm | Duxbury: Tuesday, 2:30 - 3:30 pm |
Adult Jazz/Rock Ensemble
Ed Sorrentino
Contact Ed Sorrentino at 781-749-7565, ext. 21 by September 26 for an audition time.
Hingham
12 weeks
$250
| Tuesdays 7:15 - 8:15 pm |
Piano/Keyboard Class for Adult Beginners
Sponsored by Barbara and Fred Clifford
Tom Boyer
Enjoy learning to play and read music in a small group setting.
Hingham
$250
| Tuesday, 10 - 11 am | Tuesday, 6:30 - 7:30 pm | Saturday, 9:30 - 10:30 am |
Adult Piano Class: FakeBook Version
Tom Boyer
Learn to play your favorite melodies with chord accompaniment! Learn note-reading basics and how to make chords. It's fun and allows you to play familiar tunes that are found in fakebooks. Though the class is designed for beginners, slightly experienced readers who are interested in chord accompaniment are urged to give it a try, too.
$250
| Hingham: Wednesday, 10 - 11 am | Hingham: Wednesday, 11 - noon | Duxbury: Monday, 6:30 - 7:30 pm |
Piano Duet Class
Piano Faculty
Adults and young adults who would like to get back into piano but are afraid to take that first step, or would like to meet new friends who play and share their same desire, are invited to explore the joy of making music with two at a piano. Duets provide a fun, positive environment in which to strengthen rhythm, note reading, musicality, and teamwork. Each class includes instruction and group practice. To determine the appropriate level and pairing of each group, each student will need to play a short excerpt of something they have played in the past, or are currently playing. No excerpt is too easy! Piano pairs and instructors will determine the one-hour per week time of class jointly.
Minimum 8 weeks.
$35/session
Intro to Strings for Adults
Cynthia Weller
Beg, borrow or rent a violin, viola or cello and enjoy a first time, no pressure opportunity to try your hand at playing a stringed instrument.
Duxbury, 8 weeks
$150
| Wednesday, 7 - 8 pm |
Adult String Ensemble
Cynthia Weller
Adult violin, viola, cello and double bass players, novice through intermediate, experience the joy of playing in a string ensemble. With a relaxed schedule of rehearsals tailored to fit an adult’s busy lifestyle, this user-friendly program is designed to strengthen musical skills and to provide enjoyable music making in an informal and supportive atmosphere.
Duxbury
$150
| Wednesday, 8 - 9 pm |
New!! Singing Out of the Shower
Andrew Garland, Jennie Mulqueen
For adults who love to sing but rarely do in public! With a little technical guidance, the right songs and plenty of encouragement you might find yourself bringing your voice out of the shower: trying out for a local chorus, singing in your church choir or even in the local Karaoke bar! This is the fun and informal opportunity you have been waiting for to find and develop your unique voice…minus the shower cap!
8 weeks
$175
| Session One - starts September 17 | |
| Hingham: Monday, 8 - 9 pm | Duxbury: Tuesday, 7 - 8 pm |
| Session Two - starts November 19 | |
| Hingham: Monday, 8 - 9 pm | Duxbury: Tuesday, 7 - 8 pm |
Woman Song
Jennie Mulqueen
Woman Song is a singing ensemble for women who love to sing. Members learn songs by ear; music-reading not required. The repertoire includes rounds and part songs. The year concludes with a spring concert. 12 weeks
$180
| Hingham: Wednesdays, 8 - 9:30 pm |
Opera by the Bay
Beth MacLeod
Opera by the Bay (OBTB) brings together adult vocalists who have a mutual love of opera. Participants for each production are chosen through periodic auditions, and in a supportive environment, gain valuable musical and dramatic experience from each other. Differences in style and technique are shared in a non-judgmental manner, encouraging musical and personal growth while upholding high performance standards. Rehearsals are scheduled on Monday and Friday evenings to make them accessible to the busy professional. No fee.
OBTB Spring Studio
Beth MacLeod
Join OBTB Artistic Director Beth MacLeod in honing your skills – vocal as well as dramatic. Repertoire is hand picked for each participant to make the most of their talents and to challenge them to further grow as a singer and actor.
Duxbury: Monday, 7:45 - 9:45 pm, and Friday, 7:30 - 9:30 pm, 8 weeks
Runs March 9 - May 1, 2009
Yoga for Life
Lorna Jane Norris
This weekly class is for Yoga practitioners of all levels, including absolute beginners. The goal of this class is to increase knowledge, confidence, flexibility, physical and mental strength. Classes will be loosely based on Ashtanga model, using flow for the central portion of the class and stretching to warm up and cool down. Please bring mat. 10 weeks
$150
| Hingham: Wednesday, 9:15 - 10:15 am | Duxbury: Thursday, 9:15 - 10:15 am |
Drama/Speech Instruction for Adults
Preparation for auditions, and individual or small group coaching in speech and drama are available by appointment with Department Chair Ellen Kelly.
Speak Up, Speak Out, and Speak for Yourself
Ellen Kelly
This user-friendly workshop eases reluctant speakers into public speaking situations with others, and helps those who may want to brush up on their interviewing skills. Exercises and games concentrate on problem-solving, taking time to listen, react, relax and enjoy. Individual needs and concerns are taken into consideration when constructing the workshop.
Beginning Improv Class For Adults
Improv Asylum
Whether your background is in theater, sports, making jokes with your friends or making funny observations to yourself, this 8-week improv class allows anyone to immediately tap into the creative side that every individual has within him or herself. Improv Asylum is New England’s leading professional improvisational theater company, and its alums have gone on to careers in comedy, on stage and in television.
Duxbury: Wednesday, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
$275
| First Session - begins September 17, 2008 | Second Session - begins January 7, 2009 | Third Session - begins March 25, 2009 |
Continuing Improv Class For Adults
Improv Asylum
See description above
Duxbury: Monday, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
$275
| First Session - begins September 15, 2008 | Second Session - begins January 5, 2009 | Third Session - begins March 23, 2009 |
Financial Aid
Financial aid is available for private lessons for children whose families can document financial need. Application forms are available in the office and as a downloadable Word Document and must be filled out and returned prior to the first week of the semester. All applications will be considered by the Scholarship Committee, which meets before each semester to grant assistance. Recipients of scholarship aid must reapply each semester. The deadline for Fall 2008 financial aid applications is August 8, 2008. The deadline for Spring 2009 financial aid applications is January 9, 2009.
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