The Summer 2020 Québec-Acadie Session Class is a six-session group Zoom class for intermediate/advanced players who love (!) playing Québécois and Acadian dance music and want more pizazz, detail, and stylistic authenticity in their music. Each class will explore two tunes from Québec or Acadie, delving deeply into the details of ornamentation, bowing, swing, variations, etc., to add sparkle and joie de vivre to your playing! 12 tunes in all! All melody instruments welcome!
Each of the six 2-hour Zoom classes will be recorded and made available to class members. In addition, each class is supplemented by a Google folder with materials about the two tunes explored in that class, including source recordings, learning recordings, sheet music, biographical backgrounds of the folks whose versions we are learning; tune histories, photos, additional related video and links when available–yowza!
These classes will be conducted primarily in English, with supplementary French-language explanations along the way if francophone participants sign up!
SCHEDULE: The six group class sessions meet via ZOOM every other Sunday from 10am-12pm Pacific Standard Time (= 1-3pm Eastern Standard Time). Here are the class dates: July 26, August 9 and 23, September 6 and 20, and October 4.
TUITION OPTIONS. I’m offering a bunch of options so that our community can support each other through this pandemic, and so you can do what works best for your schedule, musical interests, and budget:
- If money is really, really tight–let’s say you are either out of work or working reduced hours because of COVID-19–no worries! There’s a $0-to-whatever sliding scale Pay What You Can option–use it!
- If you have enough money to pay your registration AND help pay it forward for someone who can’t, buy your subscription with the Regular Tuition button and then add a donation with the Pay it Forward donation button.
- Otherwise, just use the Regular Tuition Options button to sign up.
REGULAR TUITION OPTIONS (1st Paypal button)
- $140 US for all 6 two-hour Zoom classes AND class folders;
- Can’t make all six Zoom sessions? Sign up to come to any 3 classes of your choice plus access to the related three class folders for $100;
- Can’t make any sessions at all? Sign up for access to class folders ONLY or $80.
- CLASS/PRIVATE LESSON COMBO DISCOUNT PACKAGE: $260. Attend the class-and-folder option for only $100 when you also sign up for four consecutive 30-minute weekly Skype, Zoom, or Facetime private lessons, at only $40 per 30-min. lesson = $160: (30-min. lessons are normally $50). Total for class and lessons. Total price: $260.
PAY WHAT YOU CAN. If COVID-19 has put a financial squeeze on you and money is very tight, please just pay what you can. Seriously!
PAY IT FORWARD. Want to help pay it forward for someone who can’t afford this right now? Purchase your Regular Tuition class option and then add a donation here to help PAY IT FORWARD for someone else. You choose the amount! Merci!