String Life
String Life - Guitar and Ukulele - String instruments are as popular now as they’ve ever been! Every day, new children embark on a lifelong journey with a string instrument. In “String Life”, our aim is to launch new/returning musicians into the world of Ukulele and/or guitar. This class is intended for any musician in grades 1-8. Students will meet once a week throughout an 8 week course designed to build strength, coordination and practice reinforcement. Students will learn basic chords, tuning, strumming and also reading musical rhythms and chord charts! Our aim is to build good habits on a lifelong instrument for early musicians. This class is highly recommended for kids with growing interest in String instruments and will prove to be a great launching point for their early musical life! It is strongly suggested to attend class with your own working ukulele/guitar and SNARK tuner…
This class is 3:30-4:30pm SRE Music Room
*Participants need to bring a note to school allowing them to stay after school.
*The school will dismiss participants and allow them to go to the cafeteria to wait for class to begin.
*CHCS kids in String Life can potentially ride the bus up to SRE with a call to the CHCS front office!
*If Swift River School has early dismissal due to inclement weather, class will be canceled for that evening and the instructor will reschedule.
*School nurse/school staff are not present for this after school program.
Recommended for class -
Makala Shark Ukulele (or something similar)
https://www.amazon.com/Kala-BLK-Makala-Soprano-Ukulele/dp/B00FYXCQJG?th=1
SNARK Tuner
https://www.amazon.com/Snark-ST-2-Multi-Instrument-Chromatic-Tuner/dp/B01H62TQ68/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3NEULO1B3QSW5&keywords=snark+tuner&qid=1671036558&s=musical-instruments&sprefix=snark+tuner%2Cmi%2C72&sr=1-3
If purchasing a guitar for class and need suggestions, please email class instructor at ggould28@gmail.com
Registration Deadline
- 10 days prior to the start of class
- A $10.00 late fee applies to all registrations after the deadline
- If Swift River School has early dismissal due to inclement weather, class will be cancelled for that evening. The instructor will reschedule class due to inclement weather.
Instructor
- Geoffrey Gould is a 20 year veteran elementary school music teacher, piano player, guitarist, vocalist and product of Belchertown Public Schools Music Program. He is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine School of Music and he holds a master degree in education from Cambridge College in Boston. Gould is a 2014 Grinspoon award recipient for excellence in teaching and was named a national finalist for the 2020 Music Educator of the Year award presented by the Recording Academy and Grammy Music Awards.