This page is devoted to all Facilitated Jams and Special Topics offered Wednesday through Saturday at 4pm.
To find 9am warm-ups or 10am/1:30pm classes, please see the Schedule Overview page.
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Sami Arefin — Duckett LR
Gypsy Picking L1
A beginner level course on traditional right hand technique for gypsy jazz.
Denis Chang — Chase Small DR
Gypsy Picking L2
An intermediate level course covering the traditional right hand technique employed by Gypsy Jazz guitarists the world over.
Tcha Limberger — Northrop DR
Study Guitar with Tcha Limberger – (For Level 3 Guitarists)
If you ever need a model of how a musician can be at once deeply rooted in a tradition and at the same time limitlessly creative, you could do no better than Tcha Limberger. In this class you will get to learn some of Tcha’s personal insights into improvisation and accompaniment on guitar.
Aaron Weinstein — Chapin Foyer
Arranging for Small Group Ensembles – Honeysuckle Rose
In this class we’ll take a look at tools you can use to put your personal spin on standards when arranging tunes for your own bands.
Warren Sirota — Gillett Parlor
Gamifying your Practice for Fun, Persistence & Sanity
In this class we will work on strategies to help make your practice routine fun, effective, something you can sustain, and something that won’t put a strain on your sanity.
“Buco” (Davorin Cavar-Buco) — Northrop Study
Rhythm Guitar for Jam Sessions
In this session we’ll work on how to play supportive and conscious rhythm in that always challenging situation: “The Big Jam Session”.
Jack Soref — Chapin LR
Come walk, not run, through some Gypsy jazz standards.
Jean-Yves Dubanton / Jean-Claude Laudat — Chase Study
Nuno Marinho — Chase DR Room C
Debi Botos — Chase LR
Lisa Liu — Chase Parlor
Brad Brose / Adrien Chevalier — Chase DR
Christine Tassan — Gillett 101
Renaud Crols / Cedric Raymond — Gillett LR
Sam Farthing — Gillett DR
Max O’Rourke / Evan Arntzen — Northrop LR
Henry Acker — Northrop Basement Lounge
Renaud Dardenne — Baldwin LR
Alexandre Tripodi — Baldwin DR
Jack Soref — Duckett LR
Gypsy Picking L1
A beginner level course on traditional right hand technique for gypsy jazz.
Tcha Limberger — Northrop DR
Study Guitar with Tcha Limberger – (For Level 3 Guitarists)
If you ever need a model of how a musician can be at once deeply rooted in a tradition and at the same time limitlessly creative, you could do no better than Tcha Limberger. In this class you will get to learn some of Tcha’s personal insights into improvisation and accompaniment on guitar.
Aaron Weinstein — Chapin Foyer
Arranging for Small Group Ensembles – Lady be Good
In this class we’ll take a look at tools you can use to put your personal spin on standards when arranging tunes for your own bands.
Brad Brose — Chase Small DR
Amps, Mics, Pickups
Discuss how to amplify your guitar in loud settings.
“Buco” (Davorin Cavar-Buco) — Northrop Study
Rhythm Guitar for Jam Sessions
In this session we’ll work on how to play supportive and conscious rhythm in that always challenging situation: “The Big Jam Session”.
Sami Arefin — Chapin LR
Come walk, not run, through some Gypsy jazz standards
Jean-Yves Dubanton — Chase Study
Nuno Marinho — Chase DR Room C
Debi Botos — Chase LR
Denis Chang / Alexandre Tripodi — Chase DR
Lisa Liu / Evan Arntzen — Chase Parlor
Christine Tassan — Gillett 101
Renaud Dardenne / Cedric Raymond — Gillett LR
Sam Farthing / Adrien Chevalier — Gillett DR
Max O’Rourke — Gillett Basement Lounge
Jean-Claude Laudat — Northrop Basement Lounge
Henry Acker — Baldwin LR
Renaud Crols — Baldwin DR
Aaron Weinstein — Chapin Foyer
Arranging for Small Group Ensembles – Swing 42
In this class we’ll take a look at tools you can use to put your personal spin on standards when arranging tunes for your own bands.
Buco Davorin — Northrop Study
The Two Minute Practice Method
In this session we’ll work on a method that helps you master your instrument two minutes at a time.
Craig Sharmat — Gillett Parlor
Django Semetrics Ignite Creativity! (Ideal for L3 guitarists, but L2 guitarists welcome)
In this session, Craig will offer a great way to see the neck, and create musical patterns within the Gypsy Jazz genre. 90 minutes can transform the way you approach the guitar!
Kate Smith — Chase Small Dining Room (Lower Level)
Vocal workshop!
We are fortunate to have Kate Smith of Djangophonique with us this week and she has offered to do a vocal workshop for those who would like to explore the “innate instrument” we all share: voice, embodiment, connection, and presentation. Don’t worry whether or not you can sing — come if you can breathe.
Jack Soref — Chapin LR
Level 1 Facilitated Jam
Come walk, not run, through some Gypsy jazz standards.
Adrian Holovaty / Renaud Crols — Chase Study
Nuno Marinho — Chase DR Room C
Debi Botos — Chase LR
Sami Arefin — Chase DR
Lisa Liu — Chase Parlor
Tcha Limberger — Northrop DR
Christine Tassan — Gillett 101
Renaud Dardenne / Cedric Raymond — Gillett LR
Sam Farthing — Gillett DR
Henry Acker — Gillett Basement Lounge
Alexandre Tripodi — Northrop Basement Lounge
Denis Chang — Northrop LR
Max O’Rourke — Baldwin LR
Evan Arntzen — Baldwin DR
Jean-Yves Dubanton / Christine Tassan — Northrop DR
French Chanson! (all Levels welcome)
In this class you will get to learn a choice selection of French chansons and who better to teach you than the delightful guitarists and singers Jean-Yves Dubanton and Christine Tassan!
Brad Brose — Gillett Parlor
Django deep cuts listening party with Charles Williams
In this class we’re going to sniff out fun Easter eggs in old hot club recordings
Aaron Weinstein — Chapin Foyer
Arranging for Small Group Ensembles – After You’ve Gone
In this class we’ll take a look at tools you can use to put your personal spin on standards when arranging tunes for your own bands.
Warren Sirota — Baldwin LR
Gamifying your Practice for Fun, Persistence & Sanity
In this class we will work on strategies to help make your practice routine fun, effective, something you can sustain, and something that won’t put a strain on your sanity.
Jack Soref — Chapin LR
Come walk, not run, through some Gypsy jazz standards.
Andrew Brown — Chase Study
Denis Chang — Chase DR
Vincent Leys — Chase LR
Michael Nikolidakis — Chase Parlor
Nuno Marinho — Chase Small DR
Lisa Liu — Duckett LR
(For Brad’s class see special topics)
Henry Acker— Gillett LR
Sam Farthing — Gillett DR
Adrien Chevalier — Gillett 101
Adrian Holovaty — Northrop LR
Debi Botos — Northrop Study
Jean Claude Laudat — Baldwin DR
