Class Age: Adults
Intro to Jazz (Adults)
Description Adult students who are completely new to Jazz or want to refresh their understanding of the basics of jazz are welcome to join this intro class. Students explore the basic modes for improvising, gain familiarity with the blues form, and develop an understanding of how to improvise over chord changes. Students explore jazz swing…
Community Klezmer Band
Description AdultsMusicians who play strings, winds, brass, percussion and accordion explore a century’s worth of Klezmer, examining how the music grew and changed with the migration of Jews from Eastern Europe to North America. Students learn how to recognize, perform and ornament the klezmer modes and discover a set of klezmer repertoire. No previous background…
Brooklyn Harmonics Twenty+
Sessions: Description – Twenty+ Brooklyn Harmonics Twenty+ sing arrangements of pop tunes and originals, written and arranged specifically for the ensemble. Twenty+ perform throughout the year, often with Brooklyn Harmonics Teens and Tweens, connecting across generations in performance. Auditions To sign up for an audition please contact the Brooklyn Harmonics Co-Directors at harmonics@bkcm.org. Audition Requirements…
BKCM Blues Band
Description Learn to play a variety of popular blues forms, scales, lyrics and performance styles connected to the blues. The repertoire follows the blues from the Fife and Drum era through Delta, Hill Country, and New Orleans to the eventual migration to places such as St Louis, Chicago and Texas. Explore the rhythms, harmony and…