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Fall 2008 Class Schedule

Acoustic and Electric Guitar :: Voice Classes :: Bass, Piano and Keyboard :: Mandolin and Fiddle :: Band Workshops
Songwriting :: Theory, Music Technology and More :: Blue Bear @ Lennon :: Blue Bear @ Berkeley :: Short Seminars

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Blue Bear "hours" are 55 minutes with a 5-minute passing period.

Courses start the week of September 29 and run 10 weeks except where noted.
Blue Bear @ Berkeley classes start September 30 and run for 10 weeks.
Sliding scale tuition support is available for lower income students.

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Theory, Songwriting, Music Technology, Mandolin and Fiddle

Class Descriptions

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Music Theory for Guitar Tue 7-8pm $205 Matthew Montfort
Music Theory @ Lennon (SOMA) Thu 6:30-8pm $205 Jim Peterson
Jazz Chords in Rock Music Wed 8:30-9:30pm $205 Mark Schuh
Get Rhythm! Tue 6-7pm $205 Matthew Montfort
Acoustic Jam Mon 8-9pm $205 Steve Gardner
Acoustic Jam @ Berkeley Tue 8-9pm $205 Brian Gire
Beginning Mandolin Mon 7-8pm $205 TBA
Mandolin II Mon 7-8pm $205 Brian Gire
Mandolin III Wed 6-7pm $205 Brian Gire
Beginning Violin/Fiddle Mon TBA $205 Steve Gardner
Beginning Songwriting with Bonnie Hayes Wed 6:30-8pm $240 Bonnie Hayess
After School Basic Fiddle Skills See KIDS and TEENS
5-week Classes:
Intermediate/Advanced Songwriting with Bonnie Hayes (bi-weekly, starts October 1) Wed 8-9:30pm $240 Bonnie Hayess
Melody Writing Workshop with Bonnie Hayes
(bi-weekly, starts October 8)		 Wed 8-9:30 pm $240 Bonnie Hayess

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Voice Classes

Class Descriptions

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Singing for People Who Can't Sing Thu 6-7pm $205 Vicki Burns
Beginning Voice Wed 7-8:30pm $300 Janak Ramachandran
Beginning Voice @ Berkeley Tue 6:30-8pm $300 Robert Blake
Intermediate Voice Tue 8-9:30pm $300 Vicki Burns
Intermediate Voice @ Berkeley Tue 8-9:30pm $300 Robert Blake
Continuing Voice with Janak Ramachandran Wed 6-7pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Continuing Voice with Vicki Burns Thu 7-8pm $205 Vicki Burns
Beginning Jazz Vocals Thu 8-9:30pm $300 Vicki Burns
Jazz Vocal Performance Sat 1:30-3pm $415 Sharman Duran
Acoustic Jam Mon 8-9pm $205 Steve Gardner
Acoustic Jam @ Berkeley Tue 8-9pm $205 Brian Gire
5-week Classes:
Vocal Technique with Raz Kennedy Thu 8:30-9:30pm $140 Raz Kennedy

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Bass, Piano and Keyboard

Class Descriptions

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Bass IV Mon 7-8pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Jam Mon 8-9pm $205 Steve Gardner
Acoustic Jam @ Berkeley Tue 8-9pm $205 Brian Gire

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Band Workshops

Class Descriptions

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Basic Rock & Blues (section 1) Mon 6-8:30pm $325 Jim Peterson
Basic Rock & Blues (section 2) Tue 6-8:30pm $325 Steve Kirk
Basic Rock & Blues (section 3) Wed 6-8:30pm $325 Mark Schuh
Basic Rock & Blues (section 4) Sat 10:30am-1pm $325 Bill Spooner
Basic Rock & Blues @ Lennon (SOMA) Mon 8:30-11pm $325 Sean Leahy
Contemporary Bands Sat 3:30-6pm $325 Bill Spooner
Basic Rock, Soul and R&B Mon 8:30-11pm $325 Jim Peterson
Alt/Country @ Lennon (SOMA) Mon 6-8:30pm $325 Sean Leahy
Intermediate Rock & Blues (section 1) Tue 8:30-11pm $325 Steve Kirk
Intermediate Rock & Blues (section 2) Thu 6-8:30pm $325 Bill Spooner
Intermediate Blues @ Lennon (SOMA) Wed 6-8:30pm $325 Johnny Nitro
Jazz @ Lennon (SOMA) Thu 8-10:30pm $325 Jim Peterson
After School Rock Band See KIDS and TEENS and SUMMER CAMPS

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Short Seminars

Seminar Descriptions

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Triad Power Monday,
September 22
6:30-8:30pm		 $30 Brian Gire
How To Look Good Onstage Monday,
September 22
6:30-8:30pm		 $30 Janak Ramachandran
Beginning Bottleneck Bonanza Tuesday,
September 23
6:30-8:30pm		 $30 Sean Leahy
How to Sing and Play Guitar Together Tuesday,
September 23
6:30-8:30pm		 $30 Janak Ramachandran
Getting a Great Guitar Sound Wednesday, September 24
6:30-9pm		 $30 Johnny Nitro
From Grit to Grease: Rock Vocal Texture Wednesday, September 24
6:30-9pm		 $35 Janak Ramachandran
Tetrachords Thursday, September 25
6:30-8:30pm		 $30 Brian Gire
Your Musical Child Thursday, September 25
6:30-8:30pm		 $20 Dr. Julia Hunt Nielsen
Intro to Drums Saturday, September 27
10:30am-12:30pm		 $30 Shaun McGonegal

Acoustic and Electric Guitar Classes

Class Descriptions

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
(section 1)		 Mon 6-7pm $205 Dwight Roberts
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
(section 2)		 Thu 8-9pm $205 Kent Brown
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
(section 3)		 Sat 10:30-11:30am $205 Janak Ramachandran
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
@ Lennon (SOMA)		 Tue 5:30-6:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
Big Group		 Tue 7-8pm $130 Kent Brown
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
@ Berkeley		 Tue 7-8pm $205 Brian Gire
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
For Moms and Dads
 Tue 7-8pm $205 Amy Sparrow
Acoustic Guitar II (section 1) Mon 6-7pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar II (section 2) Mon 7-8pm $205 Dwight Roberts
Acoustic Guitar II (section 3) Mon 7-8pm $205 Mark Schuh
Acoustic Guitar II (section 4) Tue 9-10pm $205 Mark Schuh
Acoustic Guitar II (section 5) Wed 8-9pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar II (section 6) Sat 12:30-1:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar III (section 1) Mon 8-9pm $205 Dwight Roberts
Acoustic Guitar III (section 2) Tue 6-7pm $205 Mark Schuh
Acoustic Guitar III (section 3) Wed 7-8pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar III (section 4) Sat 9:30-10:30am $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar III @ Lennon (SOMA) Tue 8:30-9:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar III @ Berkeley Tue 6-7pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar IV (section 1) Mon 8-9pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar IV (section 2) Tue 7-8pm $205 Mark Schuh
Acoustic Guitar IV (section 3) Wed 8:30-9:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar IV (section 4) Wed 9-10pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar IV (section 5) Thu 8:30-9:30pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar IV (section 6) Sat 1:30-2:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar IV @ Lennon (SOMA) Tue 6:30-7:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar V (section 1) Mon 6-7pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar V (section 2) Thu 7-8pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar VI (section 1) Wed 8-9pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar VI (section 2) Sat 11:30am-12:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar VII @ Lennon (SOMA) Tue 7:30-8:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar VIII (section 1) Mon 6-7pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar VIII (section 2) Tue 8-9pm $205 Mark Schuh
Acoustic Guitar VIII (section 3) Thu 7:30-8:30pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar IX Wed 6-7pm $205 Kent Brown
Acoustic Guitar XI Tue 8-9pm $205 Kent Brown
Songs of the Beatles Tue 8-9pm $205 Bill Spooner
Acoustic Jam Mon 8-9pm $205 Steve Gardner
Acoustic Jam @ Berkeley Tue 8-9pm $205 Brian Gire
Jazz Chords in Rock Music Wed 8:30-9:30pm $205 Mark Schuh
Beginning Electric Guitar Thu 6:30-7:30pm $205 Brian Gire
Electric Guitar II Tue 6-7pm $205 Bill Spooner
Electric Guitar III Wed 6-7pm $205 Mike Rao
Electric Guitar IV Mon 8-9pm $205 Brian Gire
Electric Guitar V Wed 7-8pm $205 Mike Rao
Electric Guitar VI Wed 8-9pm $205 Mike Rao
Electric Guitar XII Thu 6:30-7:30pm $205 Mike Rao
Electric Guitar XIX Thu 7:30-9pm $300 Mike Rao
Blues Guitar with Bill Spooner
 Tue 7-8pm $205 Bill Spooner
Blues Guitar with Johnny Nitro
@ Lennon (SOMA)		 Wed 8:30-9:30pm $205 Johnny Nitro
Music Theory for Guitar See THEORY and MORE
Chord Theory for Guitar See THEORY and MORE
After School Guitar Classes See KIDS and TEENS

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Blue Bear @ Lennon Studios

Lennon Studios - 271 Dore St. near Bryant b/t 9th and 10th in SF

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Beginning Acoustic Guitar
 Tue 5:30-6:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar III Tue 8:30-9:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar IV Tue 6:30-7:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar VI Tue 7:30-8:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Acoustic Guitar VII Tue 7:30-8:30pm $205 Janak Ramachandran
Blues Guitar Wed 8:30-9:30pm $205 Johnny Nitro
Basic Rock & Blues @ Lennon (SOMA) Mon 8:30-11pm $325 Sean Leahy
Alt/Country Mon 6-8:30pm $325 Sean Leahy
Intermediate Blues Workshop Wed 6-8:30pm $325 Johnny Nitro
Jazz Workshop Thu 8-10:30pm $325 Jim Peterson

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Blue Bear @ Berkeley

Julia Morgan Center for the Arts - 2640 College Ave. near Derby

Class
Day/Time
Fee
Teacher
Beginning Voice Tue 6:30-8pm $300 Robert Blake
Intermediate Voice Tue 8-9:30pm $300 Robert Blake
Beginning Acoustic Guitar Tue 7-8pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Guitar III Tue 6-7pm $205 Brian Gire
Acoustic Jam Tue 8-9pm $205 Brian Gire
After School Guitar Classes See KIDS and TEENS
Little Bears Music Classes See LITTLE BEARS

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