Calling all folk musicians, singer-songwriters, fiddlers, and living-room players! Allegro Academy is offering our new Music Theory for Folk Musicians class this winter! Have you ever wondered why so many songs only have three chords, and which three they are? Want some vocabulary to explain what’s going on in your music? Need to know about modes? Join us to build a foundation of music theory in a folk-music context. Classes will take place Tuesday evenings, January 6, 13, 20, & 27, from 6:30-8pm, with plenty of time for your questions each week. Total cost for the 4-week session is $100.
Teaching the class will be Allegro Board President, Topher Lawton. Topher is an accomplished vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and teacher based on Maryland’s eastern shore. He holds an undergraduate degree in music history and a graduate degree in information science, and has two decades of experience leading small performance ensembles. His research and practice focuses on vocal expression of human experiences, from renaissance madrigals to early American shape-note music, and he has taught music theory and performance at all levels from grade school through adult learners. Currently, he’s enmeshed in the study of the 18th-century music found in the colonies, and the ways that music formed and informed our American identity during the Revolution. You can see Topher performing with Ampersand, and with various other groups throughout the mid-Atlantic.
Allegro Academy, a non-profit music conservatory located in downtown Easton, connects musicians through workshops, lessons, ensembles, and performances, and aspires to enrich the lives of music enthusiasts of all ages and incomes in our community. Academy Programs are supported in part by generous contributions from individuals, Talbot Arts, the Mid-Shore Community Foundation, and the Maryland State Arts Council.
For more information and registration links, please visit www.allegroacademyeaston.com or call 410-603-8361.
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