The Julie Davis School of Music

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.

You can also Browse By Instructor, or view the School Calendar.

Session Calendar:

Session Closures Graduation
Sept 7 - Oct 31 Sept 6, Labor Day Oct 25-28
Nov 1 - Dec 19 Nov 25-26, Thanksgiving Dec 13-16
WINTER BREAK Dec 20 - Jan 2, 2011

Swallow Hill Sounds

Preview songs from many of the atrists coming soon to Swallow Hill. Just click, and enjoy!

The Haunted Windchimes - Don‘t Take My Baby Away (Baby Back) Chatham County Line – Crop Comes In Hear more!

Swallow Hill for kids

Children’s Classes We offer classes for children starting as young as 6 months.

Sing-A-longs Our children’s sing-a-longs are low cost drop-in events designed for children ages 1 1/2 - 10 years.

School Outreach Outreach programs to schools include a diverse collection of assemblies presented by Swallow Hill instructors and the Traveling Folk Troupe.

Field Trip concertsEducational and entertaining concerts designed for elementary school groups and home-schoolers.

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