Class Instrument: Percussion
Music Theory (Ages 8-18)
Description Leveled by age, this class helps students develop their musical knowledge in a fun, low-pressure group setting. Students learn chords, scales, harmony and melody and musical elements such as key signatures, time signatures and music vocabulary through ear training, rhythmic dictation and fun exercises. We recommend that students have at least one year of…
Jazz Travelers (Grades 6-10)
Creativity. Teamwork. Personal voice. These are the three core values of BKCM Jazz Travelers, a premier jazz program for students in Grades 6 to 10. Students are introduced to the rich cultural history and musical practices of jazz music in a joyful and rigorous learning environment, anchored by a faculty of singularly gifted jazz musicians…
Community Klezmer Band
Description Musicians 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…
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…