Weekly Enrichment Lessons
and Seasonal Workshops & Events

Theory & Musicianship for Singers

Ages: 8yrs+
Duration: 30m

All singers deserve to be skilled musicians: able to read their music, learn their songs, and grow as collaborative artists. But as singers, we're often not taught the basic piano, music reading, and ear training skills that organically come with being an instrumentalist. This leaves us underprepared as musicians, lacking in collaborative skills and reliant on recordings to learn our music.

The perfect supplement to voice lessons and those singing in choirs, this series covers the basics of music reading and piano playing, rhythm, sight-stinging, and dictation ear training. Music theory and musicianship are the building blocks of the language of music. Through them, we learn to listen and hear, master our songs, and express ourselves.

Poetry Writing
Group Classes + Private Lessons

•PRIVATE LESSONS•
Ages: 13yrs - adult
Duration: 1hr & 30min lessons, please email for available days and times

•GROUP CLASSES•
Ages: 15yrs - adult
Group Class Price: $25/class
Duration: 1hr/wk (4-5wk series)
Section PWM1: Wednesdays at 10:00a-11:00a, 9/9-9/30 EMAIL TO ENROLL
Section PWM2: Wednesdays at 10:00a-11:00a, 10/7-11/4 ENROLL
Section PWM3: Wednesdays at 10:00a-11:00a, 11/11-12/16 ENROLL
Section PTHN1: Thursdays at 6:00p-7:00p, 9/10-10/1 ENROLL
Section PTHN2: Thursdays at 6:00p-7:00p, 10/8-11/5 ENROLL
Section PTHN3: Thursdays at 6:00p-7:00p, 11/12-12/17 ENROLL

Have you ever read a poem and thought to yourself, “I don’t know what this means?” In this course, we will look at a wide range of poetry styles and ask ourselves, how does this poem make us feel? What techniques and tools did the writer use to produce that feeling? And how can you use those same literary devices to achieve the same effect in your own writing?

This course will be centered on the students’ own development as a poet, but in order to do so, students will learn—or perhaps review—literary devices and familiarize themselves with diverse poetic traditions. While students will be able to bring their own creative ideas and original work to class when applicable, we will also push ourselves creatively, practice new forms, and embrace writing prompts. These poetry lessons will function as a mini-workshop, where new work is produced and will remain malleable, in a state of flux, as the poet explores every possible avenue for the final product. Students will be encouraged to hear and give feedback, embracing the process of revision. 

For private lessons: Students enrolled in a minimum of 1 series will receive publication in Wildwood Poetry Journal and an invitation to perform during Wildwood recitals.

Piano Lessons

Ages: 5yrs+
Duration: 30min, 45min, 1hr

A beautiful, versatile instrument, and the one all musicians learn to play, the piano is a great place to begin an exploration into the language of sound.

Lessons are open to ages 5 to adult, and concurrent music theory lessons are strongly advised from age 5+. Please see our educational approaches for more information.