This group will be led by our new instructor, professional vocalist extraordinaire, Cheri Anderson.

Pre-requisite: A passion for singing

Tuition: $228 (Payment Plans available upon request. Students may enroll mid session with prorated tuition. New students may also observe a class for free or enroll in one trial class for $38 to see if they want to join the group.)

This class runs from 6/5/12 – 7/10/12

Enroll today!

Music camps

Glee Club Camp

Our own Pollyanna Bush will run a fun Glee Club Camp.

Garage Band Workshops

Sam Schwartz will be running two Garage Band Workshop during the summer. This time, they will be at an intermediate level.

Jewelry Making, Science and Engineering with Legos camps too!

Dragonfly Designs camps are creative and fun! We will be hosting 5 weeks of these great camps.

We also have lego engineering camps by Play-well Teknologies:

Plus science camps by Mad Science:

Contact us for all the details or enroll online!

“Hey man, what are you doing today?”

“I’m going to start a war on emotionless, culturally detached music by organizing clandestine, amazing concerts full of soul and conversation. Oh, and pizza. You?”

“Well, I WAS just going to make pesto tonight and listen to ‘My heart will go on’, but I’m up for starting a war. Is there anything in particular I should bring?”

“Just your undying devotion to the arts, and maybe a bandana and camo pants.”

“In.”

The Guerrillas are out to stuff your ears with some new sounds, presenting their first vocal music concert featuring pieces by local composers. With performers hailing from the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, and the International Orange Chorale of San Francisco, it will be a unique opportunity to hear some of the best up and coming singers in the Bay Area in an intimate setting at Musically Minded Academy (www.musicallyminded.com). You’ll be shocked and amazed by the wealth of vocal writing talent from around the Bay Area. You may be moved by the music you hear, and you might even find yourself with sudden and strange urges to hear more. Don’t worry, that’s normal… we think. Curious about what the composers or performers were thinking when writing and rehearsing this music? There will be opportunities for audience questions and a social hour (pizza unconfirmed) after the concert with the performers and composers.

About GCG

Spearheaded by Musically Minded faculty member, Nick Benavides, the Guerrilla Composers Guild is a bunch of Goons who organize all of the Guerrilla Gatherings and hold the thing together like Guerrilla Glue. By day they are presenters of new music, and by night they don their Guerrilla Garb and…are still presenters of new music. The Guerrillas believe there is a wealth of undiscovered talent in the Bay Area, and are on a mission to uncover passionate performers and composers and bring them together with their fans, the Guerrilla Groupies. With the primary goal of being a catalyst for collaboration, the GCG hosts listening parties, composition forums, and full fledged performances where musicians and audience members get together and make good stuff happen.

http://www.guerrillamusic.org

Featured performers:

• Elizabeth Kimble – soprano
• Danielle Reutter-Harrah – alto
• Winton White – tenor
• Nick Benavides – tenor
• Matthew Peterson – bass
• Anthony Porter – piano

With music by:

• Nick Benavides (http://www.nickbenavides.com)
• John Bennet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bennet)
• Danny Clay (http://dclaymusic.com)
• Joseph Colombo (http://www.fifthfloorcollective.com)
• Elizabeth Kimble
• Gabriel Kyne
• Leslie La Barre
• Todd Lerew
• Anthony Porter (http://www.tonesporter.com)
• Lucas Ramirez
• Brendon Randall-Myers (http://grainsband.com/brendonrandallmyers)
• Nico Samanez
• Jeremy White
• Winton White (http://www.wintonwhite.com)

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Sam Schwartz is a guitarist, singer, and composer from Oakland California and has worked on many projects such as Jean Quan’s Campaign music video and scoring different promotional videos for glass artists including Jess Wainer and Jonah Ward. Sam is also in Dynamic Truth, a band that has just recorded and released their debut album on their own label Dynamic Truth Music Group. Sam has been the artist, producer, and engineer for several different music projects, which gives him a good grasp on how to teach the art of recording.

List of equipment to bring to class

• Macintosh Laptop with Garageband installed (Preferably OS 10.5 or higher) including charger
• Headphones
• Instrument of your choosing (if you want to record with the instrument)
• A specific melody or song you would like to record (optional)

Class by class description/ hour by hour
9-9:20
The first 20 minutes will be introductions and formation of the outline or the workshop based on student levels/abilities.

9:20-10:15
Demonstration of how to use the program teaching students how to build a basic track from the ground up and how to look for loops that to produce tracks.

10:15-10:45
Students create their own tracks from scratch to learn how the program works.

10:45-11:15
Start production! Add phasers, flangers, distortion, EQ, etc to existing tracks

11:15-11:30
Teacher demonstration of recording a live instrument/vocals into garageband

11:30-12:00
Students write a new song with the knowledge they have accrued in class using vocals or a live instrument.

April 12th
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
Ages 8 – Adult
$50
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Three benefits that participants will get:

• better sitting balance at the piano
• understanding of the role of the whole body in playing the piano, not just arms
• playing with less tension

Playing the piano is a complex process involving not just the fingers and hands, but the use of the whole self. Inappropriate tension and unconscious habits of misuse can interfere with ease of playing and musical expression. The Alexander Technique is an ideal method for solving these problems.

This workshop is open to pianists of all levels, from beginners to professionals. We will introduce some of the principles of the Alexander Technique, which can be applied to piano playing. These can help in improving piano technique, preventing playing-related injuries, and alleviating stage fright.

Topics will include: sitting balance, using the back to support the arms, efficient movement of the torso, seat height, and what constitutes a healthy use of the hand and arm.

A few participants will receive demonstration “hands-on” work at the piano.

Enroll in this unique and inspiring class today

Experience:

• dramatic changes in your playing.
• greater ease in comfort in your practice and your everyday life
• freedom from right/wrong dichotomy that musicians often get stuck in.
• dynamic process-oriented rather than goal oriented learning,
• curiosity rather than judgment.

Learn to know yourself better through Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement and Alexander Technique Body Mapping lessons. Your natural ease and confidence will unfold!

Stacey Pelinka has presented Feldenkrais Method workshops at the San Francisco Conservatory, the California College of the Arts, and the National Flute Association annual convention.  She teaches a bi-weekly class for musicians and staff at the San Francisco Symphony.   www.staceypelinka.com

Amy Likar has presented Body Mapping and Alexander Technique workshops at the S.F. Conservatory, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Juilliard School M.T.N.A. Conference and colleges throughout the U.S.  As a flutist, Amy performs with the Oakland East Bay Symphony, and other groups in the bay area. www.bodymap.org.

Enroll in this unique and inspiring class today

Sign them up for our camps here at Musically Minded Academy!

Jedi Engineering LEGOs         Grades: K-3        Dec. 19 – Dec. 23

• Day(s): Mon-Fri
• Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
• Website: Register thru Play Well
• Cost: $216.00

Young Jedi will explore worlds far, far away and engineering principles right in front of them. Defeat the Empire by designing and refining X-Wings, R2-units, and settlements on far-flung edges of the galaxy. Imagination and engineering combine to create motorized and architectural projects such as energy catapults, shield generators and defense turrets. A new offering of original designs for young Jedi from Play-Well TEKnologies.

Mad Science       Ages: 6-11     Dec. 19 – Dec. 22 & Dec. 27 – Dec. 29

• Day(s): Week 1: Mon-Thu, Week 2: Tues-Thu
• Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• Registration: Register for Crazy Chemistry,   Register for Secret Agent Lab 
• Cost: Week 1: $167 Week 2: $134

Week 1: CRAZY CHEMISTRY Explore and create exciting chemical reactions, make colorful concoctions and bubbling brews. Amaze yourself with magical temperature changing baggie science or growing ghost crystals. Study the chemistry involved in not-so simple things like chalk and soap, and even experiment with the chemistry used by artists, spies and detectives! Chemists will bring home a project each day.

Week 2: SECRET AGENT LAB The Mad Science Secret Agent Camp is a fun journey into the world of detection, spy science, and forensics. Campers will examine the science behind the spy tools made famous by the world’s greatest spies! We will reconstruct activities using scientific methods and use the science of cryptology to send and decode secret messages. See what can’t be seen by the naked eye and follow in Sherlock’s steps to learn what tracks can tell us! Secret Agents bring home a project each day.

Jewelry Making      Ages: 6 thru tweens thru teens

Dec. 19 – Dec. 23

• Day(s): Week 1: Mon-Thu, Week 2: Tues-Thu
• Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
• Registration: Register for Week One,  Register for Week Two, 
• Cost: Week 1: $192 (Tuition $152, materials $40) Week 2: $144 (Tuition $114, materials $30)

What is better than a gorgeous, handmade gift from a loved one? Join Dragonfly Designs and become your own designer by learning the ancient art of jewelry making in time for the holiday season! Highly trained and enthusiastic staff will teach jewelry making in a fun, engaging, and age-appropriate way! Children explore their creativity through exploration of colors, textures, and patterns. Learn new jewelry making techniques to make beautiful gifts for friends and family, including, resin, bead stringing, crimping, and more. At Dragonfly Designs, it is our mission to offer exceptional handmade jewelry and the opportunity to create it, while promoting social justice, personal style and fun.

Due to an increasing demand for lessons in our string department, Andrea will be teaching violin lessons at Musically Minded!

ANDREA OEY, violinist, is a native New Yorker with degrees from the Juilliard School, Oberlin College and Conservatory, and the Mannes College of Music.

Before playing with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, her orchestral experience included performances throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia, and the West Indies, with the Spoleto Festival Orchestra (Italy), Key West Symphony and Sarasota Opera Orchestra (Florida), Holder’s Festival with the Lyric Orchestra (Barbados), MMCK Orchestra (Japan), and the Bangkok Symphony…Read More

Click here to watch a video of Andrea performing at this years’ Rockridge Out and About Street Fair!