Bluegrass in New York

Jalopy Theatre and School of Music has posted its winter term class schedule. As an alum of a few classes, I can tell you it is time and money well spent, and is the best antidote there is to the stress of big city livin’. Learn to sing in harmony, finger pick the blues, frail on the banjo, strum the ukelele or even how to clog! Classes start next week and run through the new year.  You can register online here.

Here’s the lineup:

Monday November 14 - January 16
Country Harmony Singing I: 7pm, Taught by Val Mindel
Country Harmony Singing II: 8pm, Taught by Val Mindel
Mississippi John Hurt and Beyond, Intermediate Guitar Stylings: 8pm, Taught by Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton

Tuesday November 8 - January 10
Mandolin I: 7pm Taught by Ernie Vega
Ensemble Class I: 7pm Taught by Eli Smith 
Ensemble Class II: 8pm Taught by Eli Smith 
Banjo I: 7pm Taught by Hilary Hawke 
Banjo II: 8pm Taught by Hilary Hawke 

Wednesday November 9 - January 11
Fiddle III: 7pm Taught by Betsy Plum 
Banjo I: 7pm Taught by Eli Smith
Banjo III: 8pm Old Time Stylings taught by Eli Smith
Guitar II: 8pm Taught by Geoffrey R. Wiley
Clogging Class: 8pm Taught by Kristin Andres 

Thursday November 10 - January 19
Mandolin I: 7pm Taught by Ernie Vega
Fiddle I: 7pm Taught by Charlie Burnham
Fiddle II: 8pm Taught by Charlie Burnham
Nuts & Bolts - Music Theory : 8pm Taught by Doug Skinner 

Wednesday Nov 10 – Dec 8 @7pm

Fiddle IV: Irish Fiddle Taught by Cleek Schrey

Wednesday Dec 15 – Jan 19 @7pm 

Fiddle IV: Klezmer Fiddle 
Taught by Craig Judelman

Friday November 16 - January 4
Ukulele I: 7pm Taught by Doug Skinner
Ukulele II: 8pm Taught by Doug Skinner 

Saturday November 10 - January 29
Guitar I: 1pm Taught by Geoffrey R. Wiley
Guitar II: 2pm Taught by Geoffrey R. Wiley
Guitar III: 3pm Taught by Geoffrey R. Wiley
Finger Picking Guitar I: 4pm Taught by Ernie Vega 
Finger Picking Guitar II: 5pm Taught by Ernie Vega