Class Term: Fall
Songwriting Lab for Adults
Deepen your songwriting craft & practice. With sections for both new and emerging songwriters, the Songwriting Lab offers both a grounding in song structure and exercises that unlock creativity and intuition. Through writing prompts, and collaboration with peers, this class aims to give students a range of tools for the exploration and development of their…
Jazz Vocal Lab (Adults)
Find your voice in the jazz tradition. Designed for both singers who are new to jazz and those who are looking to deepen their understanding of jazz vocal styles, this course is taught by acclaimed jazz vocalist Annie Chen. Alongside Chen and accompanist Shinya Lin, students engage in jazz vocal warmups that build strong singing…
Community Music School Private Music Lessons
To register for a trial lesson, call the registration desk today at 718-622-3300. Private music lessons are a core learning experience at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, available for every major instrument including voice. Drawing from a diverse faculty of world-class musicians and educators, our Community Music School matches each student to a teacher whose approach…
Music Lessons
Lessons at BKCM provide opportunities for students of all abilities to increase music skills on multiple instruments, make music with musicians and students from across the 5 boroughs and participate in conservatory recitals and public performances. Students choose one instrument that they would like to learn from the following: Piano, Guitar and Voice. BKCM is…
Beginner Guitar for Adults
Description Open to students who are completely new to the guitar or have had minimal prior experience, this small group class gives students helpful resources to learn simple chords and melodies at a relaxed pace. Students learn how to coordinate their hands and finger and switch from one chord to the next in rhythm while…
Composition Club
The Composition Club invites students aged 10-18 to explore composition, write their own songs, and hear them performed by a live ensemble. This class will ignite students’ imaginations while exploring concepts such as theme, variation, song-form and orchestration. Students interact with online notation software to edit their own scores, and are encouraged to experiment and…
Adult Jazz Ensembles
Improvise. Collaborate. Perform. Coached by acclaimed jazz musicians, BKCM’s Adult Jazz Ensembles help instrumentalists and vocalists to hone their musicality, grow as improvisers and immerse themselves in jazz history, form and theory. We offer two weekly evening ensembles – Jazz Foundations, for adults students with minimal prior experience learning jazz, and Jazz Lab, for more…
Beginner Piano For Adults
Description This class is open to students who are either completely new to the piano or have limited prior experience. In a relaxed, small-group setting, students orient their fingers on the keyboard and explore notation, pitch and rhythm. Students learn how to coordinate their fingers in time, while learning chords and familiar melodies. Instructors advise…
Brooklyn Conservatory Chorale
Registration Information Auditions are required to join BCC. Please email Conrad Chu at conrad.chu@bkcm.org to schedule a time. Auditions will be held by appointment only. Please call 718-622-3300 to speak to one of our registrars who will guide you through the registration process and answer any questions you might have. Financial aid is available for qualifying students. To…
