Jalopy Theatre
Singing Bluegrass Harmony with Kyle Morgan - An Eight-Week Class
An Eight-Week Class with Kyle Morgan Tuesdays at 8 pm: 9/16, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18 Deepen your understanding of vocal harmony by singing and analyzing the vocal arrangements of classic country groups like The Carter Family, The Louvin Brothers, Buck Owens, The Everly Brothers and more! We’ll explore basic music theory about how notes join together to form intervals and chords, and then experience those concepts in real time by singing well-loved songs that feature two and three-part harmonies. *For financial aid and payment plans contact Lynette at Lynette@jalopytheatre.org
Sep 17, 2025
Jalopy Theatre
Harmony Singing for All with Caroline Kuhn - An Eight-Week Class
An Eight-Week Class with Caroline Kuhn Saturdays from 2 pm - 3:30 pm: 9/20, 9/27, 10/11, 10/18, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22 This class will focus on group harmony singing and vocal technique. We will learn a range of music featuring different styles of vocal harmony, focusing on learning each part by ear. Sheet music will often be provided, but reading ability is not required. All vocal ranges welcome, no experience necessary! Feel free to email thisiscarolinekuhn@gmail.com if you have any questions or want to figure out if this class is right for you For financial aid email lynette@jalopytheatre.org.
Sep 20, 2025
Jalopy Theatre
Jalopy Bandcamp with Caroline Kuhn - An Eight-Week Class
An Eight-Week Class with Caroline Kuhn Saturdays from 4 pm - 5:30 pm: 9/20, 9/27, 10/11, 10/18, 11/1, 11/8, 11/15, 11/22 This class is open to singers and instrumentalists (advanced beginner and higher) who want to learn how to play in a band and gain confidence in their performances. We will discuss how to arrange music together in small and large ensembles, how to find one’s voice within a group, and strategies for becoming more comfortable on stage. During these sessions, we will work on songs in both a large ensemble and in two smaller bands. At the end of the last class, we will host a song share with sign up open to the public, and kick off the night with the repertoire we’ve worked up as a group. Along the way, we'll work on musicianship and ensemble skills, tackling performance nerves, and just have fun! Repertoire will be a range of songs that lend themselves to band arrangements. If you have song suggestions, please offer them! All instruments are welcome! However, if you play a non-string instrument (piano, drums, woodwinds, etc.), please contact Caroline prior to enrollment to make sure we can accommodate your instrument at the school. Chord-based Instrumentalists will need to be able to read and play simple chord progressions. Vocalists and melodic instrumentalists will need to be able to match pitch and learn melodies by ear. Feel free to email thisiscarolinekuhn@gmail.com if you have any questions or want to figure out if this class is right for you For financial aid email lynette@jalopytheatre.org.
Sep 20, 2025
Jalopy Theatre
Private Voice Lessons
Once you make your purchase we will contact you and set you up a time with an instructor at your convenience. Lesson Cancellation Policy: Once a lesson is scheduled, you can cancel it or reschedule it with no charge and no penalty by contacting your teacher at least 24 hours before your lesson. With fewer than 24 hours notice, there are no cancellations and you will be charged for the lesson. All lessons must be scheduled within a year of purchase.
Oct 03, 2025
Jalopy Theatre
Songs of Bob Dylan with Isto - An Eight-Week Online Class
Songs of Bob Dylan with Chris "Isto" White Mondays ONLINE at 9:00pm: 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24 An 8-week online guitar class covering the songs of Bob Dylan. Learn to sing and play a bunch of his best songs and greatest hits. Open to anybody who is comfortable playing the basic open chords, and can play some barre chords. While looking at different songs, students will learn some of Bob Dylan's picking patterns and tricks, and also learn a few songs in Open D/Open E tuning. This class will meet virtually on Zoom. A link will be sent to your email a few days before the class begins. For financial aid email lynette@jalopytheatre.org.
Oct 07, 2025
Jalopy Theatre
Old-Time Songs and Harmony - A Workshop with Phyllis Elkind and Jen Larson
with Phyllis Elkind and Jen Larson Sunday, October 26th, 11 AM - 1 PM Explore songs and styles from the early days of rural Southern commercial music – the roots of bluegrass and country music. You will learn songs by artists including The Carter Family, Riley Puckett, Jimmie Rodgers, the Delmore Brothers, Coon Creek Girls, and Blue Sky Boys. We love these songs and think you will too! Most of the songs have harmony parts - no instrument is needed, and all levels of experience are welcome! Jen Larson is a Nashville-based archivist, historian, bluegrass vocalist, and educator. She has performed at regional and national festivals, participated in educational programs through Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and appeared on “Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion.” In 2014, she released “Burning House,” an EP produced by Michael Daves. Jen has performed and co-taught with Daves, contributed vocals to his ArtistWorks Bluegrass Vocals course, and taught at Bluegrass Week at Augusta Heritage Center. From 2016 to 2023, she was Archives Manager for the Grand Ole Opry and is now researching bluegrass pioneer Hazel Dickens. Phyllis Elkind is a singer, guitarist, and teacher. She performs in two bluegrass trios – The Sentimentals, with Gene Yellin and Sam Dallas, and Say Darlin Say, with Melody Allegra Berger and Sam Dallas – and is an active participant in NYC’s vibrant jam scene. Phyllis has taught harmony classes at Jalopy since 2014 and has also taught Doo Wop singing at the McBurney YMCA. In the Hudson Valley, she leads harmony workshops for the Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association, for the Old-Timey Song Swap, and at The Muse.
Oct 26, 2025
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Bluegrass Jam Ensemble Class (Beginner to Intermediate) - An Eight-Week Group Class with Christian Apuzzo
with Christian Apuzzo Tuesdays from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm: 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16 Have you ever wanted to play bluegrass music with other people but never knew where to start? This class will focus on just that: bluegrass jam etiquette. This section of the Bluegrass Jam class is for Beginner to Intermediate players who can play basic chord progressions and would benefit from moving at a slower tempo while learning new songs and the basics of how to play in an ensemble. We will learn various popular bluegrass tunes from artists such as Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, and many more. You’ll also learn basic skills like ear training and music theory to help you navigate tunes you may not be familiar with, and give you the essentials to sound great even on a tune you have never heard before! *For financial aid and payment plans contact Lynette at Lynette@jalopytheatre.org
Oct 28, 2025
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Bluegrass Jam Ensemble (Intermediate to Advanced) with Christian Apuzzo - A Four-Week Group Class
with Christian Apuzzo Tuesdays from 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm: 10/28, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/9, 12/16 This section of the Bluegrass Jam class is for Intermediate to Advanced players who feel agile with chord progressions and are ready to dive in and jam at faster tempos and explore soloing. Students must know all major and minor chords, barre chords, how to use the capo to transpose, familiar with the Nashville Number System and fluent in the keys of C, D, E, G, and A, familiar with the pentatonic scale in those keys as well. Must also be able to learn and play melodies by ear, have at least 5 bluegrass songs known and/or memorized. We will learn various popular bluegrass tunes from artists such as Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, and many more. You’ll also learn basic skills like ear training and music theory to help you navigate tunes you may not be familiar with, and give you the essentials to sound great even on a tune you have never heard before! *For financial aid and payment plans contact Lynette at Lynette@jalopytheatre.org
Oct 29, 2025
Jalopy Theatre
Expanding Your Singing Voice with Joy Askew - A Workshop
Expanding Your Singing Voice - A Workshop with Joy Askew Sunday November 2, 11 am - 1 pm Your voice leads a song! Renowned vocal coach and singer Joy Askew joins us for a workshop that covers many aspects of vocal technique, from the nuts and bolts of vocal production to vocal health to how to deliver a song with expression and confidence, leading everyone in a journey of awareness. Joy's approach draws on the strength of embodied singing, using gravity and movement to trigger freedom and lightness in the body, freeing the throat, tongue, and jaw, and helping singers take their sound from a whisper to a roar. You'll experiment with how your voice resonates best, try exercises to stretch to places you thought you couldn't reach, and work towards freeing up difficulties that challenge flexibility in singing. Find the true sound of your own voice and make it work for you! Participants will work primarily as a group, but there will be also time for those interested to share a song and work one-on-one with Joy within the group setting. If you'd like to share a solo song, please email Joy at joyaskew@gmail.com . Joy Askew (https://www.joyaskew.com/) has enjoyed a stellar career playing alongside music icons like Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson, Joe Jackson, Rodney Crowell, Jack Bruce, and Quincy Jones. She has performed with her own band on stages from CBGBs to festivals in the UK, USA, Japan, and Europe, and has opened for David Bowie and for David Byrne. Along the way, she has sung in a choir featured on an EP by Sufjan Stevens, collaborated with a British brass band, and released a downtempo jazz electronica album. photo by Tomek Miernowski Scholarship funds are available. Please email lynette@jalopytheatre.org for details.
Nov 02, 2025
Jalopy Theatre
Smyrnëka and Rebetika with Carol Freeman - A Workshop
Smyrnëka and Rebetika Workshop with Carol Freeman Sunday November 2nd, 2-4 pm Songs of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s Urban Greek ala Turka Cafe Amans and Hashish Dens Sing Makam, Intricate Ornamentation, and Uneven Rhythms Sing with Increased Comfort, Clarity, and Control This workshop will teach participants to sing the magnificent vocal repertoire of early 20th Century Asia Minor Greek artists, as well as the heartfelt songs of later renowned Greek Rebetika performers, with authenticity and ease. We will learn to sing deliciously intricate ornamentation, complex rhythms, and microtonal scales - makam, or dhromi (roads) in Greek - in a process that is fluid and fun. By learning how to carefully listen to source recordings and then learning simple tricks to make singing the songs effortless, we'll be able to sing an involved repertoire with comfort, clarity, and control, as well as with original vocal styling. We will also learn how to seamlessly switch between vocal placements without detection, will learn how to produce optimal tone, and will learn how to phrase songs so as to provide for maximum depth of expression, artistry, and musicality. The songs have simply gorgeous melodies, and are lush with embellishment. The texts leave no stone unturned, and deal with scorching love, unbearable pain, cocaine, hashish, and heroine, lesbianism, monkey serum fountain of youth injections, harem girls, Hawaiian guitar music, and anything else one may fancy. Though the repertoire is challenging and instruction is detailed and specific, the workshop is taught in a supportive, comfortable and relaxed setting, and is always fun. Well known as a performer, researcher, and teacher of a variety of Balkan, Greek, Judaic, and other singing traditions, Carol Freeman has performed since 1970 as vocalist for The Smyrneīki Kompania, Sevda Balkan Music Ensemble, Song of the Shtetl, Village Voices, and Zhenska Pesna, and as a solo interpreter of traditional song, and has appeared at major arts centers, festivals, museums, and universities, and on radio and television, throughout North America. A master vocal instructor, Carol Freeman has taught extensively as a private instructor and at specialized arts schools, music seminars, universities, and museums since 1970. She is a 2023, 2024, and 2025 NYS Council on the Arts Master of Folk Arts. She has been actively researching, performing, and teaching Smyrnëika and Rebetika for close to five decades.
Nov 02, 2025
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Singing! A Four-Session Class with Katie Martucci
with Katie Martucci Mondays, 7:00 - 8:30pm: 11/3, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24 *** please note: class on 11/17 will end at 8 pm, and class at 11/24 will go until 9 pm to make up the half-hour shortened from the week before. All voices welcome! Looking to connect with your voice and other singers? Curious about hearing and singing vocal harmonies? Join us for this 4 week course! Each class we will learn a new song with vocal harmonies and dive into questions of vocal technique, looking at the ways each of us can feel more grounded, confident and playful in our singing. Feel free to email Katie at katharine.a.martucci@gmail.com if you have any questions! For financial aid email Lynette@jalopytheatre.org
Nov 04, 2025