Swallow Hill Music
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About this camp
Swallow Hill Music in Denver, CO, provides music training for all ages and skill levels. As a nonprofit organization, it offers both in-person and online classes, supported by available tuition assistance. The program focuses on comprehensive music instruction and community outreach, making musical education accessible.
What kids love
- nonprofit organization
- tuition assistance available
- all ages and skill levels
- in-person and online classes
Upcoming sessions
Learn the basics of this old-time banjo style with Laura Goldhamer, focusing on rhythmic and dynamic playing. No prior experience needed, just a 5-string banjo.
Learn more / RegisterExplore how different tunings change your clawhammer playing up and down the fretboard in this theory workshop with Caleb James Hall.
Learn more / RegisterLearn to pick out melodies and build different ways to improvise around them using standard banjo kicks, rolls, and techniques across the fretboard with Sam Armstrong-Zickefoose.
Learn more / RegisterAdd nuance and groove to your bum-ditty accompaniment through syncopation, exploring ghost strums, bums, and drop-thumb techniques with Natalie Spears.
Learn more / RegisterJoin musician and historian Rex Rideout to examine the banjo's evolution from its Western African roots through its development in the United States and expansion westward.
Learn more / RegisterLearn how different steps combine with specific clawhammer patterns as Allison de Groot and Nic Gareiss break down the playing, moves, and history of banjo and percussive dance.
Learn more / RegisterKaia Kater breaks down the songwriting process, discussing lyricism, accompanying yourself on solo banjo, and combining playing and singing.
Learn more / RegisterJoin Mike Jagel and Caleb James Hall for jam sessions covering Scruggs, clawhammer, and other banjo styles.
Learn more / RegisterPast sessions
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