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Music Workshop is a unique Music School and Store in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. We offer individual music lessons and group classes, plus instrument sales and service. We have numerous programs for all ages! For guitars, drums, hand drums, keyboards, books, accessories and more it's all here!
Youth Drum Group Starting Febuary 1st
Wednesday Evening Drum and Rhythm Classes for youth at our Port Arthur school location!
(Centre of Change -formerly Hillcrest Highschool Room #402)
These great group classes were designed to be the ultimate feel-good introduction to learning essential musical skills and to encourage a feeling of success in music with carefully chosen instruments, activities and songs.
Participants learn how to work together in music and how to play hand drums, stick drums, hand percussion and mallet percussion. Fantastic for beginners (and beyond). These affordable classes help to instantly build practical, and transferable musical skills. (Focusing, following, blending, leading, pattern recognition, musical memory, expressing emotions and musical motor control). Classes are filling upso call now!
Youth Drum Classes for Kids:
Youth Drum Classes are based on Sean Jesseau’s 30+ years of drumming experience and 13 years of development in local schools. These courses offer a rhythmic foundation for lifelong music-making. Kids feel successful instantly with specially chosen instruments; Djembe, Conga, Mallets, Marimba, Drum Set and more! (These instruments are never out of tune and don’t squeak or make you cringe! Also none of these instruments require highly developed fine motor control, since they are easy to play and always sound good, we get to focus on music, musical forms and tons of fun ways to actually play in a group from day one!) The motor control aspect is critical; these instruments all offer a big target to hit. Fun and accomplishment is guaranteed!
We run two classes on Wednesdays for kids.
7-10 years - RhythmPlay
6:30-7:10pm for 12 weeks. $240 Starts Feb 1st.
Kids classes use African hand and stick drums, Orff marimbas, xylophones and metallophones plus hand percussion and voice.
Small classes, limited availability. Call today!
10-14 years - RhythmSection
7:30-8:30 pm for 12 weeks. $240.00 Starts Feb. 1st.
Small classes, limited availability. Similar instruments as above, occasionally augmented with electric bass guitars and pianos! The older kids are able to take on more challenging arrangements (memorization) and instrumental (motor) skills.
Instrument purchase is not necessary for either class but we can recommend a small drum and take home materials.
Mid-East Drum and Dance Class! Starts again Feb. 3rd!
2 hour classes with Dahab (Dance teacher) and Sean Jesseau (drum teacher).
If you JUST want to learn Arabic drumming and like having expert instruction and having ALL the drums provided (tabla, dumbek, bendir, riq, frame drums…) this is THE class for you! (2 hrs. of drumming and drum instruction!) Great for beginners AND beyond beginners!
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If you would like to learn Mid-East drumming for an hour and THEN learn the authentic dance moves for the second hour (IE really REALLYknow your basics inside and out) this is still THE class for you!
For men and women, and fun for couples too! A great night out and you will learn a lot! A fun musical/social mind and body workout and a total immersion in beautiful, acoustic music and dance!
Only $20 per class as a package!
7 weeks of Friday evening classes only $140! (If purchased before Jan. 20th).
Arabic, Turkish, Romani, Iraqi, Egyptian, Morrocan music and more! 15 rhythms in 7 weeks! Free your spine and free your mind!
This class is held at;
Located in the Thunder Bay Centre of Change (formerly Hillcrest Highschool). Call with any questions!