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General Info about Music School
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.
Next Class
Session: April 26- June 20 (Closed Memorial Day)
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 get $5 off, members get
$10.
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 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).
