Voice Classes
16 Week Session

Fall ~ September to January
Spring ~  February to June

Finding Your Voice ~ Adult Community Choir

Our group vocal class is for folks of all musical backgrounds and varied experience levels who love to sing. Everyone is welcome, from experienced singers to total beginners. Singing in a choir is a great way to meet people and has been shown to improve confidence, happiness and our general well being. This class will be specifically designed for the group to learn: vocal technique, warm-ups, musicality, lyric analysis, harmony, music theory and tuning. We will explore fun and familiar repertoire that include a variety of musical styles while working towards an end of the year performance. This one hour weekly class is a safe and fun learning environment that will foster creativity, education and the joy of music in everyone. 

Winter 2023 | Mondays 6:45

Fiddle Classes
16 Week Session

Fall ~ September to January
Spring ~  February to June

Fiddle Fun for Adults

Fiddle class is great for violin/fiddle students who are interested in exploring different styles of fiddle music from Celtic to Bluegrass, Folk to Trad and everything in-between!
You will be in a group class with other music lovers  and will learn many skills, including how to play a variety of fiddle music and how to play with others as an ensemble in a supportive and fun environment. Hone your skills in the art of fiddling in private lessons as well!

Spring 2023 | Mondays 8:00

Composition Classes
6 Week Session

Fall ~ September to December
Winter ~ January to March
Spring ~ April to June

Composition for Adults

The composition class for adults is formed as a workshop that concentrates on the melodic, harmonic and formal structures of different genres. Every class, there will be a composition assignment due next class. The final concert piece will be one of the assignment pieces chosen and performed by the students.

The students are required to have some knowledge on music theory and, is expected to play an instrument (minimum Grade 4 is advised).

Winter 2023 | Tuesdays 7:30p
Alternating Weeks
Spring 2023 | Tuesdays 7:30p
Alternating Weeks

Jazz Class
10 Week Session

Fall ~ September to December
Winter ~ January to March
Spring ~ April to June

Jazz Class

Open to all instruments, this course offers students the opportuity to explore improvisation strategies in a group setting.
 
During each 10 week session we will explore several jazz forms from ‘The Real Book’ including altered blues, simple bossa nova and swing standards. Students will learn to play the ‘Head’, explore comping strategies and practise soloing over 
Winter 2023 | Wednesdays 7:30p
Spring 2023 | Wednesdays 7:30p

Guitar Classes
10 Week Session

Fall ~ September to December
Winter ~ January to March
Spring ~ April to June

Beginner Guitar

How many strings does this thing have? You will learn this and so much more in this class.

This class is for the adult complete beginner who has never picked up the guitar or only knows a few chords and is having trouble making it sound like something anyone but your mother can love.

Winter 2023 | Wedensdays 6:15p
Spring 2023 | Tuesdays 7:00p

Campfire Guitar Bootcamp 101 for Adults

Students enrolled in Campfire Bootcamp 101 will be given the opportunity to play and sing fun, varied songs with other people and will be given instruction for various ways to approach accompaniment. The songs will be kept simple to afford greater, relaxed expression and more material.

Winter 2023 | Tuesdays 5:30p
Winter 2023 | Tuesdays 8p
Winter 2023 | Thursdays 8p
Spring 2023 | Tuesdays 5:30p
Spring 2023 | Tuesdays 8p
Spring 2023 | Thursdays 8p

FingerPickin'

The FingerPicking Guitar Class will explore just that – FingerPicking. It is split up into 4 parts:

Intro to FingerPickin’
Intro to Travis Pickin’
More Accompaniment Patterns and Chord Melodies
Advanced Travis Pickin’

Intro to Travis Pickin’
Winter 2023 | Thursdays 7:00p
the beginning
Spring 2023 | Thursdays 7:00p

Fretboard Harmony

How does the guitar work? 
 
This course is intended to provide the students with information needed to confidently navigate the fretboard. 
 
Starting with an exploration of scales and intervals we’ll learn how to build chords in any key, anywhere on the guitar, providing the student with the musical vocabulary necessary to improvise and add excitement to their guitar skills.
Spring 2023 | Wednesdays 6:30

Garage Band Revival for Adults

This isn’t a class as much as it is a great place to get together in small groups to play  and share music. It will complement the Campfire Guitar Bootcamp 101 well in that there will only be 1 meeting/month and rather than learning a pile of songs and riding the wave in a big group weekly. There will only be a handful of songs, small groups and proper arrangements. Experiment with songwriting and learn the ins and outs of making arrangements.

2022-23 | Saturdays 2:00p
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1on1 Lessons

We offer 1 on 1 lessons in strings, piano and voice. This is the best way to focus on a specific topic and completely tailor your learning. Please fill out the placement form for us to suggest the best teacher for you. Once we connect you with an instructor, you can set up the scheduling and get started.

Recurring

1on1 | James Desautels

ASYLUMforART 2505 14 St SW, Calgary, Alberta

Born in Calgary, Canada, he began violin lessons at age 5. As a teenager he toured internationally performing classical and fiddle music. Upon achieving a Bachelor of Music degree with distinction from the University of Calgary, he moved to the United States and completed a Master of Music degree from the University of Arizona. He first gained international attention when he was extended an offer to tour with David Byrne of Talking Heads. Initially hired as a violinist, his role expanded and he began composing string arrangements for the ensemble. This collaboration led to world tours and commercial studio recordings.

Mr. Desautels has worked with David Amram, Arcade Fire, Austin Pops Orchestra as Music Director and Conductor, Marcia Ball, Garth Brooks, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Diahann Carroll, Natalie Cole, Elvis Costello, Christopher Cross, Sheena Easton, Falls, Nanci Griffith, Neon Hitch, Diana Krall, Ray LaMontagne, Yo-Yo Ma, Rejane Magloire of Indeep and Technotronic, Kathy Mattea, Bobby McFerrin, Don McLean, Willie Nelson, Jeffrey Osborne, Luciano Pavarotti, Pearl Jam, Itzhak Perlman, Bernadette Peters, Ray Price, Bruce Robison, San Antonio Symphony, Doc Severinsen, Frank Sinatra Jr., The Temptations, Thee Phantom, Vast, and Yoshiki.

Mr. Desautels is the solo violinist on the soundtrack to the Hollywood movie ‘Badland’. He is first violinist on the soundtrack for the series finale episode of ‘The Office (NBC), and a violinist on the soundtrack for Terence Malick’s film ‘To the Wonder’. He has toured China multiple times performing, and teaching master classes, in Jinan and Xian. Maestro Desautels has recorded music for Audium/Koch, Blue Rock, Disney, Microsoft, Nonesuch, Virgin Classics, Vitamin, Warner Music Group, and he composed the music for the short film ‘Talk Radio’. He performs and records playing a Charles Boullangier violin made in 1879 and listed in ‘On Stage’ magazine.

Free
Recurring

1on1 | Sarah Gibbons | Spring 2023

ASYLUMforART 2505 14 St SW, Calgary, Alberta

Born in Calgary, Canada, he began violin lessons at age 5. As a teenager he toured internationally performing classical and fiddle music. Upon achieving a Bachelor of Music degree with distinction from the University of Calgary, he moved to the United States and completed a Master of Music degree from the University of Arizona. He first gained international attention when he was extended an offer to tour with David Byrne of Talking Heads. Initially hired as a violinist, his role expanded and he began composing string arrangements for the ensemble. This collaboration led to world tours and commercial studio recordings.

Mr. Desautels has worked with David Amram, Arcade Fire, Austin Pops Orchestra as Music Director and Conductor, Marcia Ball, Garth Brooks, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Diahann Carroll, Natalie Cole, Elvis Costello, Christopher Cross, Sheena Easton, Falls, Nanci Griffith, Neon Hitch, Diana Krall, Ray LaMontagne, Yo-Yo Ma, Rejane Magloire of Indeep and Technotronic, Kathy Mattea, Bobby McFerrin, Don McLean, Willie Nelson, Jeffrey Osborne, Luciano Pavarotti, Pearl Jam, Itzhak Perlman, Bernadette Peters, Ray Price, Bruce Robison, San Antonio Symphony, Doc Severinsen, Frank Sinatra Jr., The Temptations, Thee Phantom, Vast, and Yoshiki.

Mr. Desautels is the solo violinist on the soundtrack to the Hollywood movie ‘Badland’. He is first violinist on the soundtrack for the series finale episode of ‘The Office (NBC), and a violinist on the soundtrack for Terence Malick’s film ‘To the Wonder’. He has toured China multiple times performing, and teaching master classes, in Jinan and Xian. Maestro Desautels has recorded music for Audium/Koch, Blue Rock, Disney, Microsoft, Nonesuch, Virgin Classics, Vitamin, Warner Music Group, and he composed the music for the short film ‘Talk Radio’. He performs and records playing a Charles Boullangier violin made in 1879 and listed in ‘On Stage’ magazine.

Free
Recurring

1on1 | Kayra Caner

ASYLUMforART 2505 14 St SW, Calgary, Alberta

Kayra Caner was born in 1998 in Istanbul, Turkey. She started to play the piano at age 5. She also practiced guitar for 3 years and studied vocal for 5 years. In 2010, she participated in Pera International Piano Festival in Istanbul.

Free

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