Workshops for Adults

Take a look at the workshops offered for adult students at Music Center!

Workshops are organized by start date.

  • Fiddle Workshop with Brandon Vance

    Saturday, April 4th @ 9:30 - 11:00 am
    Tuition: $10.00

    Come with your fiddle, violinists and cellist are also welcome! Mr. Vance will teach tunes by ear, which is the traditional method of learning.

  • Community Vocal Masterclass Workshop (Ages 10+)

    Meetings: April 5th - June 21st Sundays @ 3:00 pm
    Tuition: $199.00
    Description: This workshop is designed to help singers grow through shared experience, feedback, and self-reflection.

  • Keys to Mastery

    Workshop: April 13th - 15th @ 9:30 - 4:00 PM Daily
    Tuition: $450.00

    This three-day adult piano workshop offers an inspiring and immersive experience for pianists eager to refine their artistry and technique.

  • Friday Jazz Jam Session #5

    Friday, April 24th, 2026 @ 1:00 - 3:00 pm
    Tuition: $25 per session

    Explore jazz improv and standards! Learn improv techniques and group arrangement ideas for Dixieland to modern Jazz. Open to all instruments, must have experience with your instrument.

  • PSCW: Sight Reading - Beethoven Quartets

    Sunday, April 26, 2026 @ 11:30am - 2:30 pm

    Tuition: $10.00

    A one day workshop for intermediate & advance string players to sight read Mozart string quartets in a community setting.

  • Friday Jazz Jam Session #6

    Friday, May 15th, 2026 @ 1:00 - 3:00 pm
    Tuition: $25 per session

    Explore jazz improv and standards! Learn improv techniques and group arrangement ideas for Dixieland to modern Jazz. Open to all instruments, must have experience with your instrument.

  • Haydn & Beyond: Vivaldi

    Rehearsals: May 17th - 31st
    12:30 - 3:00 pm
    Concert: May 31st @ 4:00 PM
    Tuition: $75.00
    Repertoire: Vivaldi double concerto with Tania Halladay & Dikla Kafka. A premiere by Susan Hurley Barber, Dover Beach with Carl Bolstad.
    Strings, upper intermediate & advanced

  • Norwegian Fiddle Workshop for Adults

    Saturday, May 23rd @ 9:30 - 10:30 am
    Tuition: $10.00

    Participants will learn one or two simple Norwegian folk tunes by ear. Stay for a mini concert featuring the Hardanger Fiddle at 10:45 - 11:00 am.

  • Friday Jazz Jam Session #7

    Friday, May 29th, 2026 @ 1:00 - 3:00 pm
    Tuition: $25 per session

    Explore jazz improv and standards! Learn improv techniques and group arrangement ideas for Dixieland to modern Jazz. Open to all instruments, must have experience with your instrument.

  • Friday Jazz Jam Session #8

    Friday, June 12th, 2026 @ 1:00 - 3:00 pm
    Tuition: $25 per session

    Explore jazz improv and standards! Learn improv techniques and group arrangement ideas for Dixieland to modern Jazz. Open to all instruments, must have experience with your instrument.

  • Haydn & Beyond: Student Concerti

    Workshop: June 14th, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
    Tuition: $25.00
    Repertoire: The orchestra will rehearse and perform with a number of Music Center students in various concerti
    Strings, upper intermediate & advanced

  • Puget Sound Chamber Music Workshop

    Workshop: July 6 - 10, 2026 | 9:30 - 3:30am
    Tuition: $575.00 per individual

    Puget Sound Chamber Music Workshop offers an array of ways to experience chamber music repertoire - including focused instruction on chamber music and sight reading with our professional faculty. Enrollment is open to pre-formed groups only. Pre-formed groups should select one piece to work on with faculty during the workshop. Click here to access the group finder!