Guitar Glass with Ken
Instructor:
Ken Mazur
Class Times:
Friday 3:00PM - 3:40PM
Ages: K - 2nd Grade
Class Price:
$20.00 / class.
Classes are booked in 8 week semesters.
(enrollment is limited to 8 students)
Class Details: K - 2nd Grade
This class is not just about guitar. Its about enjoying musical expression and learning about the basics of musicianship. Guitar technique, although a part of the curriculum, is not stressed for children of this age. It is more important that children learn to express themselves freely and enjoy their association with a musical instrument. Time is spent writing and playing out own new songs, banging out rock-n-roll standards, and learning to play rhythmicly. We even have an air-guitar solo contest. Students will come home from their first lesson already able to bang out a fun song.
Instructor Details:
Ken Mazur's children's musical "Precious Piglet and Her Pals" ran for six months and won Best Music, Lyrics and Book for a Children's Musical in LA in 2005. As a television composer Ken scored 'Biker Build Off' series for Discovery Channel for three years. He most recently contributed music to the new Jody Foster film "Nim's Island" and was featured on a PBS specal "America at a Crossroads" which aired in November of 2008. He has appeared on over fifty albums as a session guitarist. Artists he has recorded with include Robert Palmer, Tina Tuner, INXS, Mink Deville, Marvin Gaye, The O'Jays, Kid Creole, Herbie Mann, Ben E King, The Paul Winter Consort, and Candy Stayton. He toured with Robert Palmer and Mink Deville and appeared on Broadway with Twyla Tharp. Ken's jingle credits include Chevy Truck, McDonalds, AT&T, Nintendo, Honda and Russel Athletics. Writing from his studio in Topanga California, Ken composed the scores for "The Uninvited" in 2007, the "Rose Technique" (released April 2003), a film starring Jo Beth Williams and Sally Kirkland, and Lucky, winner of Best Picture at the NYC Horror Film Festival, 2002. Other recent scores: 'Studio 54' and 'Woodstock' both 2 hour movie specials for Behind the Music, the thirteen episode comedy series 'Manhattan AZ' for USA Network, the thirteen episode series 'Comics on Delivery' for Comedy Central and the theme song for NBC's tv special, 'Dinosaurs Larger than Life.' Among his other credits are the documentary 'Voices from the Attic', documentary winner of the NY film Festival and 'Cat and Mousse', nominated for best prize at Cannes.
This class is not just about guitar. Its about enjoying musical expression and learning about the basics of musicianship. Guitar technique, although a part of the curriculum, is not stressed for children of this age. It is more important that children learn to express themselves freely and enjoy their association with a musical instrument. Time is spent writing and playing out own new songs, banging out rock-n-roll standards, and learning to play rhythmicly. We even have an air-guitar solo contest. Students will come home from their first lesson already able to bang out a fun song.
Instructor Details:
Ken Mazur's children's musical "Precious Piglet and Her Pals" ran for six months and won Best Music, Lyrics and Book for a Children's Musical in LA in 2005. As a television composer Ken scored 'Biker Build Off' series for Discovery Channel for three years. He most recently contributed music to the new Jody Foster film "Nim's Island" and was featured on a PBS specal "America at a Crossroads" which aired in November of 2008. He has appeared on over fifty albums as a session guitarist. Artists he has recorded with include Robert Palmer, Tina Tuner, INXS, Mink Deville, Marvin Gaye, The O'Jays, Kid Creole, Herbie Mann, Ben E King, The Paul Winter Consort, and Candy Stayton. He toured with Robert Palmer and Mink Deville and appeared on Broadway with Twyla Tharp. Ken's jingle credits include Chevy Truck, McDonalds, AT&T, Nintendo, Honda and Russel Athletics. Writing from his studio in Topanga California, Ken composed the scores for "The Uninvited" in 2007, the "Rose Technique" (released April 2003), a film starring Jo Beth Williams and Sally Kirkland, and Lucky, winner of Best Picture at the NYC Horror Film Festival, 2002. Other recent scores: 'Studio 54' and 'Woodstock' both 2 hour movie specials for Behind the Music, the thirteen episode comedy series 'Manhattan AZ' for USA Network, the thirteen episode series 'Comics on Delivery' for Comedy Central and the theme song for NBC's tv special, 'Dinosaurs Larger than Life.' Among his other credits are the documentary 'Voices from the Attic', documentary winner of the NY film Festival and 'Cat and Mousse', nominated for best prize at Cannes.