Welcome to the Swallow Hill Music School community. Founded in
1979, Swallow Hill now teaches more than 40,000
adults, teens, kids and pre-school students a year. We have workshops, classes, and private lessons for every interest,
age, and skill level, covering pop, rock, blues, jazz, bluegrass, punk, indie, roots, folk,
gypsy, old-time, Irish, country, world and more.
Classes and
Workshops for
Early Spring 2010
(March 1-
Apr. 25)
are now available to browse and register.
We offer over two hundred classes and workshops each session on acoustic and electric
instruments including: guitar, fiddle, violin, mandolin, piano, voice, harmonica, bass, banjo, ukulele, percussion,
djembe, dobro and more. We
also offer classes and workshops in songwriting,
theory, dance, storytelling, and musicianship. Check out our
Ensemble
Program if your goal is
to play in a band.
Swallow Hill offers classes 7
days a week and each session is 8 weeks long. Start playing music in
your first class and play with others right away. It's the perfect
environment to meet new friends and make connections with other
musicians. We offer classes for ages 6-months up through adults, and
beginner through advanced.
Our Adult Core Guitar program has been the cornerstone of the
Swallow Hill experience for 31 years. It's a fun guitar program for
adults to discover or rediscover music in a relaxed group environment.
Learn more about
Core Guitar.
Classes fill up or can be canceled from low registration. Be counted. Register early. Get discounts. Classes are
canceled at 5pm the day before they start if the minimum enrollment is
not met. Students are notified and credited or refunded if a class is
canceled.
Get to where you want to be
musically. Young and old, beginners to experienced, and all in between:
you can reach your musical goals. Our experienced teachers develop a
personal connection with students and customize their instruction to
help you grow with your needs and interests. Learn more about Private
Lessons and find an instructor:
Private Lessons
We offer workshops nearly every
weekend from visiting national artists and our regular teaching faculty.
Students get an amazing opportunity learn and connect with the experts.
Check out a video clip of Béla Fleck teaching at Swallow Hill below.
Workshops by Instrument or Topic
Workshops by Instructor
