The Black Rose Acoustic Society

For over 30 years, The Black Rose Acoustic Society has been the home of live, handmade acoustic music in the Pikes Peak Region. We host twice-monthly concerts, jams, and classes through the year. Nestled in the tall Colorado pines, the down-home atmosphere of our log-cabin concert hall provides a family-oriented setting unsurpassed in friendliness and congeniality.

See the descriptions below for the classes offered this fall.

Register for any class either below or on the REGISTRATION page by selecting your membership status and clicking the “ADD TO CART” button. After registering for each class you want, click the “cart” icon in the upper right (lower left on mobile devices) to check out. If you have trouble registering, please visit our REGISTRATION page for detailed instructions on how to register.

Cost for all classes is $99 for members, $109 for non-members, and $50 for member children < 18 (those < 13 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian who need not be registered for the course).

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Beginning Swing Guitar

Cost: $99/$109/$50

Instructor: Bill Leake


Time:
Thursdays 6:15-7:15pm beginning Oct. 2nd

Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. (Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot and ring the back doorbell as the store is closed at that time.)

Description: If you’ve been wanting to go to the Swing Jam but are intimidated by all those fancy chords and upbeat rhythm, then this is the course for you. You will learn the proper right-hand “la pompe” technique, left-hand muting, and 7 closed-position moveable chord shapes that will allow you to play any swing song, no matter how complicated. We’ll also get into a little chord substitution theory to help you recognize chord patterns when learning new songs and change the chords to ones that you know. This is a course in rhythm only. Leads will not be taught.

Prerequisites: Ability to play barre chords

What to Bring: Your own guitar (any model), a tuner, and a music stand

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Vocal Class 1

Cost: $99/$109/$50

Instructor:
Revele

Time:
Tuesdays 6:00-7:00 pm beginning Sept. 30th

Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. (Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot and ring the back doorbell as the store closes at 6:00 and you will not be able to enter the front part of the store from the back classroom when class lets out.)

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Vocal CLass 2

Cost: $99/$109/$50

Instructor:
Revele

Time:
Tuesdays 7:00-8:00 pm beginning Sept. 30th

Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. (Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot and wait for the 6:00 class to let out at 7:00 before entering. If arriving late, please ring the doorbell - if you ring it before 7:00 you will disturb the previous class.)

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Double Stop Mandolin

Cost: $99/$109/$50

Instructor:
Ray De Mers

Time: Wednesdays 6:00-7:00 pm beginning April 2nd

Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. (Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot and ring the back doorbell as the store closes at 6:00 and you will not be able to enter the front part of the store from the back classroom when class lets out.)

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Bluegrass Banjo 2.0

Cost: $99/$109/$50

Instructor: Ray De Mers

Time: Wednesday 7:15-8:15 pm beginning April 2nd

Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. (Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot and ring the back doorbell as the store is closed at that time.)

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Carter Style Guitar

Cost: $99/$109/$50

Instructor: Greg Schochet


Time:
Thursdays 6:00-7:00 pm beginning April 3rd.

Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. (Park in back of store off the alley in the Meeker lot and ring the back doorbell as the store closes at 6:00 and you will not be able to enter the front part of the store from the back classroom when class lets out.)

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Fiddling by Ear

Cost: $99/$109/$50

Instructor: Katie Champlin

Time: Saturdays 1:00-2:00 pm beginning April 5th
(No class April 26th, makeup class on May 17th)

Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. (Park in front, use front door, and head to the classroom upstairs. Parking on Tejon St. is metered, but many side streets are not.)

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Ear Training for Jam Sessions

Cost: $99/$109/$50

Instructor: Michael Watry

Time: Saturdays 2:30-3:45 pm for 5 weeks beginning April 5th
(No class April 26th, makeup class on May 10th)

Location: The downtown Meeker Music store, 624 N. Tejon St. (Park in front, use front door, and head to the classroom upstairs. Parking on Tejon St. is metered, but many side streets are not.)