| Tue, Feb 24 2026 - Mar 17 2026 |
15 Results
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AI for Creators: Make Music, Movies & Code
Explore how AI can ignite your creativity and help bring your ideas to life. Learn to use AI tools to enhance writing, create songs, generate art, produce movies, and even write working software. You will be encouraged to choose a personal project to develop and share with the class. Together, we’ll dive into cutting-edge AI platforms, including ChatGPT for text, Claude for coding, Suno for music, MidJourney for still art, and RunwayML for video. A personal laptop with ChatGPT or ChatGPT Plus is required. -
Actor's Studio
Do you love acting or want to learn how to act? Explore how to hone your body and voice as instruments for the stage or screen. Acting exercises drawing on a variety of methods will stretch your imagination and help you discover new ways to create and develop a character. Build confidence through scene study and short performances in a supportive, welcoming environment. The class also touches on audition preparation and the business of pursuing an acting career. All levels welcome. Please note: This class has been changed to a 4 week class and will end on February 5. -
Banjo
Learn to play the banjo in the old-time clawhammer style. Beginning: For those just starting out or with a bit of experience. Focus on right-hand technique and basic chords, aiming to learn a handful of tunes. The emphasis will be on learning by ear, with banjo tab handouts for support. Continuing: If you can already play at least a handful of tunes, dive deeper into G, G modal, and double C tunings. We’ll continue refining right-hand technique to help you get the best possible sound. Note: Students must bring their own banjo. -
Everyone Can Sing
Discover your singing voice in a fun group setting by learning the basics of healthy vocal technique. Get the tools and strategies you need to understand how your instrument works and how to use it properly for a lifetime of healthy singing. Learn how to warm up your voice, match pitch, manage your breath, and maintain a consistent vocal tone. We’ll practice a variety of songs in contemporary styles and leave time for personal attention. Our instructor believes that everyone can sing—even you. -
Guitar
Learn the basics of guitar in a fun and supportive group environment. Beginning: Acquire the tools you need to play songs with the group or to continue learning on your own. All you need is a guitar and one or two hours a week to practice. This class is for absolute beginners only. Advanced Beginning: For those who have had a few lessons and can play a handful of chords but need help with switching faster. We will work up to playing in all of the keys usually played on guitar and will try to tackle the dreaded F chord. We’ll also work on playing together as a group. Continuing: For anyone who has been playing guitar for a while, continue learning and playing. We will focus on developing stronger musical skills through playing individually and with the group. Please note: Students must bring their own guitar. -
Harmonica
Learn to play your favorite tunes and blues riffs on this simple, take-anywhere instrument. Beginning: Cover basic skills, including positioning the harmonica properly in your mouth, hand techniques, breath control, and fundamental chords. Bring a C diatonic harmonica (not chromatic). Continuing: Learn draw bends, blow bends, tongue block, and pursing methods to move more fluidly around your instrument. We will work toward building solos that reflect your style and play octaves, chords, and warbles, among other in-depth techniques. -
Improv Comedy: Scene Two
Expand your toolkit for creating memorable characters through point of view, status, physical choices, and emotional commitment. We’ll also introduce techniques for playing in dynamic multi-person scenes, editing with confidence, and connecting scenes together so your improv can flow in both short form and long form with ease. Designed for students who have completed a beginning improv comedy class at ACE or elsewhere. -
Improv for Connection & Creativity
Step into a space where creativity meets courage. Each session will blend personal storytelling with playful improv—from song and movement to theater and writing—inviting you to experiment, connect, and discover new sides of yourself. All experience levels are welcome in this warm, supportive atmosphere where you can take risks, express yourself freely, and savor the thrill of spontaneous creation. -
Improv: The Art of Thinking on Your Feet
Explore unique performance techniques that encourage you to trust your intuition and build confidence in public settings. Improvisational performance takes shape with little to no advanced planning. Learn its fundamental principles while easing into a variety of exercises designed to develop and enhance communication skills. Experience Playback Improv when true-life stories are transformed into on-the-spot performances. As your creativity grows and fears diminish, you’ll be surprised by the dynamic choices you make. New and returning students welcome. Please note: This class has been changed to a 4 week class and will end on February 5. -
Intervallic Guitar
Explore the guitar fretboard like never before by focusing on musical intervals—the building blocks of chords, scales, and arpeggios. Learn to navigate the neck fluently, create any chord in any key, and begin playing solos with intention and purpose. Using intervallic maps and practical music theory, you’ll gain a deeper, genre-independent understanding of the guitar and expand your creative possibilities. Ideal for guitarists comfortable with open and barre chords who want to elevate their skills and start playing confidently. -
Music Production: Mix & Master Original Tracks
Designed for singers, guitarists, pianists, and electronic musicians at any level, this hands-on course shows you how to make your tracks sound fuller, richer, and more professional. We’ll cover composition and arrangement techniques, recording basics, mixing and mastering workflows, vocal enhancement, and creative effects like reverb and delay. Explore drum machines, beat-making, virtual instruments, and plug-ins, with a brief look at analog synths. Learn common production pitfalls and simple strategies for sharing and promoting your finished music. -
Songwriting
Unlock your creativity in this immersive course for musicians of all levels. Build musical fluency and naturally integrate music theory as you explore melodies, chords, riffs, and lyrics as seeds for original songs. Develop your musical storytelling through authentic lyric writing, narrative structure, and hook creation, while learning strategies to overcome creative blocks. Refine, rehearse, and gain stage confidence as you prepare to perform your finished song live. An optional outing to a local open mic provides a supportive space to share your music and celebrate with fellow songwriters. The instructor's approach was innovative and helped me think in new ways about songwriting. –Fall 2025 student -
The History of Rock 'n' Roll: 1950s-1999
Uncover the sounds and stories that shaped five decades of music. From early pioneers like Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley to major cultural moments like the British Invasion of the 1960s and the rise of 1970s singer-songwriters, culminating in the Michael Jackson and MTV era of the 1980s, we’ll trace the evolution of rock ’n’ roll from its roots in 1950s rhythm and blues through the turn of the millennium. We’ll explore the genre’s influence on social norms, political movements, and the music industry itself. Discover the iconic figures and unsung heroes behind the music and the cultural forces that made rock a revolution. -
Ukulele
The ukulele is easy to learn, fun to play, and perfect for making music in no time—whether you’re picking it up for the first time or building on your skills. Beginning: Learn how to tune and hold your ukulele, then move on to simple chords so you can begin playing songs you love right away. For absolute beginners only. Continuing: Expand your chord vocabulary, improve rhythm and strumming, and try fingerstyle with tab for riffs and melodies. For those already comfortable with basic chords and strumming. Please note: Bring your own ukulele. A clip-on tuner is recommended but not required. -
West African Hand Drumming
Explore djembe, a goblet-shaped drum played with bare hands, in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Learn techniques to make basic drum sounds—bass, tone, and slap—to create rhythms integral to West African culture. All levels are welcome.
