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.
We offer over two hundred classes and workshops each session
for guitar, fiddle/violin, mandolin, piano, voice, harmonica, bass, banjo, ukulele,
hand drums, drum kit, dobro and more. We also offer classes and
workshops in songwriting, theory, dance, storytelling, and musicianship.
All Classes are at 71 E. Yale Denver, CO 80210:
Map
Hours:
Mon-Thurs 11am-9pm
Fri
11am-5pm
Sat
10am-5pm
Sun
11am-4:30pm
Summer Classes (June 21-August
22) and Workshops (May-August) are now
on-line.
Swallow Hill offers classes 7 days a week. Each session
is 8 weeks long. We offer classes for ages 6-months
up through adults, and beginner through advanced skill
levels.Classes meet once a week for 1-hour
unless noted otherwise. You'll start playing music in
the first class and play with others right away. It's
the perfect environment to meet new friends and make
connections with other musicians. Check out our
Classes and Ensemble
Program.
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.
Register 1 week before a
class starts to get $5 off, members get $10 off
every time. Learn
more about
Membership.
Get to where you want to be
musically. Our experienced teachers develop a
personal connection with students and customize their instruction to
help you grow with your needs and interests. We offer instruction for
kids up to adults and absolute beginners to professionals
Private lessons are available 7 days a week for 30min, 45min, and 1 hour
time blocks. You can take lessons solo or with a friend as a duo.
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
Elementary schools, PTA parents,
teachers, day camps, and homeschoolers- bring your students and kids to
an educational program at your location or at Swallow Hill! Custom
schedule a show, workshop, or residency during the regular school year
or during the summer vacation.
Shows Can be booked Monday- Friday. Select from 17 different programs
that range from world drumming to internationalism and multiculturalism,
from American and Colorado history to creative problem solving. Through
music these assemblies, workshops and residencies educate as well as
entertain.
Our concerts are appropriate for
grades K-6 and are approximately 45 minutes. We can custom create
workshops for K-12 on almost any instrument or topic.
Contact Denise
Bullard at
303-777-4394 or
Denise@swallowhillmusic.org to
arrange for an assembly or to make group reservations for a field trip
concert. Individual tickets for field trip concerts are available
through our box office (303-777-1003).
