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The Saint Andrews Society is excited to announce our virtual whisky tasting event: Whisky Wednesdays Each virtual event will explore Scottish Whiskys regionality, bringing together five tasting samples in one box sent directly to your door. The tasting notes will be lead by Paul McGinlay team, Will and Brandon of The Whisky Shop (360 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, 94108, whiskyshopusa.com) This month (February 10th, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM), we will be highlighting the difference in Scotch whisk...

Thelonious Monk's Piano Style - Omree Gal-Oz - ONLINE WORKSHOP Thelonious Monk’s compositions are so loved and appreciated that musicians frequently record entire albums consisting only of interpretations of his music. At the start of his career, his jagged piano playing alienated listeners, but it soon became a hallmark of a unique voice on the instrument (by 1964, his image made it onto the cover of Time magazine). This workshop will explore and analyze the harmonies and dissonances ...

Flying Solo — The Art of Solo Guitar - Mimi Fox - ONLINE WORKSHOP Topics covered in this hands-on workshop include lush chordal harmonies, combining walking bass lines with comping, natural and artificial harmonics, and the use of scales, arpeggios and rhythms to complement the melody. The instructor provides approaches for creating fresh arrangements of standards. This class includes transcriptions of solos by Joe Pass, Mimi Fox and others! For intermediate- and advanced-level students.

Understanding Your Voice From the Inside Out - Danielle Wertz - ONLINE WORKSHOP In this three-hour workshop, you will gain a deeper understanding of your voice through an introduction to vocal anatomy and vocal registers. Next, we will explore various vocal exercises that gently condition and strengthen your unique instrument. Technical elements covered include breath support and breath management, understanding how to hear and make dark vs. bright vowels, learning how our bodies can feel suppor...

Musical Interaction and Expanding Vocabulary - Miki Yamanaka - ONLINE WORKSHOP New York-based pianist and composer Miki Yamanaka leads this workshop covering approaches to comping, interacting and connecting with fellow musicians, techniques for expanding your jazz vocabulary through the study of transcriptions, and more. Comping concepts are drawn from the work of jazz masters Horace Silver, Wynton Kelly, McCoy Tyner and others. Workshop is open to all musicians, from pianists interested in lea...

Intro to Personal Safety This free one-hour class provides an overview of IMPACT Bay Area's approach to personal safety. We think of self-defense as a spectrum that starts with the first feelings in your body when you notice a situation might not be safe, through physical self-defense if necessary, all the way to what you can do to take care of yourself after something happens. In this class, you will develop intuition, situational awareness, congruent body language, and verbal skills to dee...

Choro Ensemble - 10 Week Online Class Sundays, Noon - 1:30 pm, 1/17 - 3/21 (10 weeks). NOTE: Audition required for Placement. Please contact rob@cjc.edu to schedule an ensemble placement consultation. Gain experience playing in the traditional Brazilian ‘Roda de Choro’ style, focusing on classic repertoire by Jacob do Bandolim, Pixinguinha, Ernesto Nazareth and others. In between weekly Zoom classes, members collaborate with the instructor’s guidance in recording songs togethe...

Intro to Woodwind Doubling - Marcus Stephens - ONLINE WORKSHOP A 2-part workshop for saxophonists of all ages looking to branch into woodwind doubling (flute, clarinet, etc.), as frequently called for in traditional and modern big band charts and other settings, or just for your enjoyment! Open to high school students and adults. Topics covered include:

Piano 1 - 10 Week Online Class Saturdays, 10 - 11:30 am, 1/16 - 3/20 (10 weeks). If you've ever wanted to play the piano, now is your chance! Learn how to read music, play scales, perform a piece, play duets, discover what musical forms and keys are all about, read a jazz chart and play ensemble music with fellow students.