Summer Songwriting Workshop
July 7-11
Monday -Friday
9:00am - Noon
Kids who will be enrolled in 6th, 7th, or 8th grades for the 2025/26 school year are eligible to participate.
Students should have basic musical knowledge including reading music, simple scales and chords. Ideally, students will have piano, guitar or ukulele background as well.
Lessons will be centered around:
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Writing lyrics
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Composing melodies
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Exploring rhythm and genres
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Learning harmony within chords
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Creating simple chord progressions
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Song structure, intros and endings.
Students will be able to jam, and collaborate with other students, to create duets, groups or solos.
Each day will build on previous lessons and the final project will be a cumulative project to be presented in a performance on the last day.
$200 for 5 days/ 3 hours per day.
Includes one snack and bottled water.
Limited to 10 students per class.
Payment must be made prior to the first class.
There are no refunds for missed classes unless DAMA must cancel.
Workshop is based on enrollment. It may be cancelled if not enough participants registered, in which case, all prepayments will be refunded in full.
Next Level Ukulele Workshop
10:00 - 11:00am
Open to students age 9-12 who have a general knowledge of the instrument and want to learn more fun songs, more chords and more advanced techniques. This is not a class for kids who have never played a ukulele before.
Each week builds on the lessons previously learned so students should plan to attend all three classes.
$45 3 classes / 1 hour per class.
Participants are not required to be DAMA students.
Limited to 8 students per class.
SUNDAYS JULY 6, 13, 20
Payment must be made prior to the first class.
There are no refunds for missed classes unless DAMA must cancel.
Workshop is based on enrollment. It may be cancelled if not enough participants registered, in which case, all prepayments will be refunded in full.
Lil' Buds PreSchool
Music Class
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Saturdays
3 1/2, 4 and 5 year olds 11:00am -11:45am
Introducing "Lil Buds" our music program for our little budding musicians! This is the perfect class for kids who have outgrown toddler music classes but who are not quite ready for private music lessons yet. Come have fun with us singing, dancing, playing rhythm instruments, ukulele and piano as well as learning how to read music. A new lesson is introduced every week for 6 weeks.
Please note: Students younger than 3 and a half may not be ready for our curriculum. (must be able to read the letters A-G and read the numbers 1-8)
We only accept 8 students in each class in order to give more individual attention.
6 week classes are $65 and will be billed before the first class.
Workshop is based on enrollment. It may be cancelled if not enough participants are enrolled. There are no refunds for missed lessons. If DAMA cancels one of the classes, we will reschedule at the end of the session.