PreSchool Music with MusikGarten: Classes starting in August 2008 for children and parents from birth to five years old!!

Newborn – 18 Months: Designed for parents and their babies to take together. This 30-minute weekly class helps you learn how to play musically with your baby.

16 Months - 3.5 Years
Participate with your toddler for 30 minutes each week in singing, Chanting, moving, dancing, listening and playing simple instruments.

Suzuki Piano Lessons (Enrolling Now!): Intuitive program developed and used all over the world to teach classical violin, piano, flute and guitar. Centers on starting early (3-4 years old), parental involvement (you are part of the lessons), listening, playing by ear, and encouragement.

Private Instrument Lessons – Piano, Guitar, Beginning Mandolin: Traditional classes in piano (starting kids with “Teaching Little Fingers to Play”) or refining your talent at later stages. We have the right class and teacher for every level of piano and guitar player as well as beginning mandolin lessons!!

Private Vocal Lessons: Love singing?? Interested in improving your singing voice?? We can help you start singing your favorites and refine your hidden talent! Sing though our sound system on our stage…record in our studio…it’s a truly unique vocal training experience!

Songwriting: Think you have some songs waiting to be written? All of our teachers encourage songwriting and will work with you to take a song from it’s initial idea to full song!!

Performance Coaching: Ready to start playing out but want to work on your stage presence, set list, singing into a mic... Sign up for private performance coaching lessons and sing on Ragamuffin Music Halls stage!! Gain valuable experience and feedback on your performance.

New Group Classes for FALL 2008
"Flatpicking Guitar" -- by Ed Acquesta, 8:00 - 9:15pm on Mondays
"On Stage 101" -- by Louis Robinson, 8:00 - 9:15 on Tuesdays
"The La La Sisters" by Jackie Whitaker, 11:00am - 12:15 Wednesdays

Teachers

Jackie Whitaker (Owner / Lead Instructor): Jackie combines her passion for music performance, guitar, piano, and songwriting with a true love for kids and adults who are wanting to add music to their lives. She has recently gained certification to teach Suzuki Piano and MusikGarten classes and is excited to add this early childhood music experience to Ragamuffin Music Hall’s offerings!!

Louis Robinson is a well known songwriter & performer in this area. He has hosted Open Mic and special event Candlelight Concerts on numerous occasions and is always a crowd favorite. He is one of the finest songwriters I know and truly a master of song delivery not to mention fantastic musicianship on the guitar. With over 40 years in the music business, he will be teaching songwriting, performance coaching, and advanced guitar techniques on Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoon. If you are an aspiring singer/songwriter, don't miss this chance to work with Louis!!

Ed Acquesta is a master guitarist with experience in reading and writing music. With 34 years in the industry and a full time musician, he will be teaching more advanced guitar skills in jazz guitar, flat-picking guitar, fingerstyle blues, ragtime guitar, bottleneck guitar, and beginning students. He will be teaching on Monday evenings and Tuesday afternoons.