Calling all performers -- classes for aspiring musicians are starting this week and next. Our partnership in offering adult courses with Hoff-Barthelson continues throughout the term.

The next session of Joy of Singing (13015) begins at 7:15pm on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Learn vocal technique through songs from a range of vocal literature from pop to Broadway to classical in a master-class setting. All abilities and levels of experience are welcome.

Sessions of these upcoming string instrument classes all begin on Wednesday, January 22, 2025:

• Learn to Play the Ukulele for Beginners (13018)
• Learn to Play the Guitar (13017)
• Learn to Play the Cello (13016)
• Learn to Play the Violin (13019)

No previous musical experience is necessary for any of these courses but students must bring their own instruments to class.

Piano instruction is offered in two different time slots on Mondays. Group Piano Lessons for Beginner & Intermediate Students (13013) meets at 1pm and Group Piano Lessons for Beginner & Intermediate Students (13014) meets at 2pm, starting January 27, 2025.

Chimes are not just for the holidays. Three different levels of bell ringing classes begin on Friday, January 31, 2025:

• Ring Your Bell for Beginners (13020)
• Ring Your Bell I (12855)
• Ring Your Bell II (12856)

Register now to make wonderful music all winter long!

Week of January 19, 2025

Art Appreciation

• Black American Artists Amy Sherald, Kerry James Marshall, and Kehinde Wiley (12943)
• Masterpieces of French Art from the Medieval Era to the Modern Age: Late Medieval/Early Renaissance Court Life (13035)

Arts & Crafts

• Express Yourself Through Collage (12948)
• Landscape Painting with Hard and Oil Pastels (13030)* NEW START DATE
• Drawing and Acrylic Painting (12949)* NEW START DATE
• Pop-Forward Greeting Cards (13056)
• Monoprinting with Gelli Plates (13052)* NEW START DATE
• Painting with Brilliant Colored Paper (12989)* NEW START DATE
• Cultivating a Connection with Art: Charcoal and Pastels (12957)

Current Events and Politics

• Let's Talk Current Events: Topics in the News (12954)
• Moral Dilemmas, Case Studies in Justice, Ethics, and Morality (12955)

Games

• Cribbage: Basic Rules, Gameplay, and Strategy (13053)

Languages

• Advanced Beginner Spanish (13078)
• Beginner German (12933)* NEW START DATE
• American Sign Language (ASL) (12847)* NEW START DATE
• Intermediate Spanish (13009)* NEW START DATE

Literature and Film

• Fifty Years of Steven Spielberg's Magic: Jaws (1975) (13070)

Performing Arts

• Joy of Singing (13015)
• Learn to Play the Cello (13016)
• Learn to Play the Guitar (13017)
• Learn to Play the Ukulele for Beginners (13018)
• Learn to Play the Violin (13019)

Writing

• Moments in Time Writing Workshop (13081)

Walking Tours

• Walking Tour: Siena, the Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 at the Met (12996)
• Walking Tour: Belle da Costa Greene at the Morgan Library & Museum (13060)
• Walking Tour: Make Way for Berthe Weill at the Grey Art Museum (13064)

Week of January 26, 2025

Art Appreciation

• Georgia O’Keeffe from New York to New Mexico (12944)
• Masterpieces of French Art from the Medieval Era to the Modern Age: Louis XIV Court Life (13036)

Arts & Crafts

• Cultivating a Connection with Art: Drawing, Oil Pastels, and Oil Sticks (12958)
• Advanced Beginner Knitting (12910)* NEW START DATE

Games

• Cribbage: Basic Rules, Gameplay, and Strategy (13054)

Health, Wellness, and Personal Growth

• Vision Board Workshop (13047)

Literature and Film

• Older Women in Contemporary Literature: Voices of Wit, Wisdom, Strength, and Sass (12932)
• Fifty Years of Steven Spielberg's Magic: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) (13073)
• Museum Preview: Belle da Costa Greene at the Morgan Library & Museum (12986)

Music Appreciation

• Beyond Beethoven: A Thousand Years of Music (12796)* NEW START DATE

Performing Arts

• Group Piano Lessons for Beginner & Intermediate Students (Mondays at 1pm: 13013; Mondays at 2pm: 13014)
• Ring Your Bell for Beginners (13020)
• Ring Your Bell I (12855)
• Ring Your Bell II (12856)

Walking Tours

• Walking Tour: Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876 to Now at Met (13057)
• Walking Tour: American Wing at the Met (12995)

All upcoming classes are listed in the Printer-Friendly, Interactive Version of our Fall/Winter 2024-25 Catalog. New classes are added in real time.

Class times are for the Eastern Time Zone. Please check regularly for additional options to keep you engaged and learning, whether from the comforts of home or through our expansive number of in-person options.