Minneapolis Public Schools

Join the Pit Orchestra of Minneapolis Community Education's production of Hairspray - The Musical! Adults of all ages and youth entering grades 11th grade or older with advanced music skills are welcome to be in the pit pending a conversation and possible audition with the pit director. Seeking keys, guitar, bass, strings, reeds, horns, drums and percussion players! Performances July 18-27. We will contact you in mid-May, and you may be asked to audition. If selected for the pit, a participation fee of $49 will be collected. Scholarships available. The 1950s are out, and change is in the air! Hairspray, winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, is a family-friendly musical, piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs. It's 1962 in Baltimore, and the lovable plus-size teen, Tracy Turnblad, has only one desire – to dance on the popular "Corny Collins Show." When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen, win the affections of heartthrob, Link Larkin, and integrate a TV network... all without denting her 'do!

Join the Technical Crew of Minneapolis Community Education's production of Hairspray - The Musical After registering, you will be contacted by the production team in. Get involved with scenery, props, costumes, lighting, sound, hair & make-up, stage management of front-of-house. Adults of all ages and youth entering grades 11th grade or older are welcome to be on the crew pending a conversation with the Stage Manger or Tech Director. Performances July 18-27, More info at ce.mpschools.org/adults/summer-musical. We will contact you once you sign up. The 1950s are out, and change is in the air! Hairspray, winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, is a family-friendly musical, piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs. It's 1962 in Baltimore, and the lovable plus-size teen, Tracy Turnblad, has only one desire – to dance on the popular "Corny Collins Show." When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen, win the affections of heartthrob, Link Larkin, and integrate a TV network... all without denting her 'do!

Learn from music producer, audio engineer, artist, and educator Medium Zach how to make your own music for fun, to learn, and to share. Through demonstration, lecture, Q&A, and group activity, this hour and a half class will cover recording, editing, arranging, mixing, & ultimately producing your own music over the course of meeting once a week for 5 weeks. This class is for learners who have some experience with making their own music, so therefore, this group will move at a slightly more advanced pace than the section for beginners.

Play with more finesse, learning alternate-thumb picking, further strumming techniques, scales and basic blues. Bring an acoustic guitar. Prerequisite: Guitar 1 or Guitar experience.

Please join Colin Monette and we’ll continue learning the basic building blocks of music theory as applied to the guitar. We’ll learn triads, chord theory, and common chord progressions, so you can learn many songs and even make up your own.

Learn more challenging tunes, advanced finger-picking technique, a broader chord vocabulary, and the notation systems and diagrams required to learn them. Nylon and steel string guitars are provided, or you may bring your own acoustic guitar. Prerequisite: Guitar 1, or recent guitar experience. Note reading experience helps.

Prepare for the dance audition for Minneapolis Community Education's summer show: Hairspray the Broadway Musical, with professional choreographer Michelle de Joya. She will teach you dance that may be part of the audition combination, and you will get sneek peak at how fun the show will be and what an amazing experience it is to work with her. More so, this practice will be helpful for anyone looking to audition for any theatre, or who just loves dance. All levels welcome.

Learn how to play, jam, and harmonize with the Harmonica! Beginner friendly, no prior experience required. Bring your own Harmonica - A 10 Hole Diatonic Harmonica in the Key of C.

The Recording Workshop at Minnehaha Recording Company is a welcoming and inclusive class designed for attendees of all backgrounds and experience levels. It focuses on a software and gear-agnostic approach, making it suitable for anyone interested in record and mixing. The workshop's personalized approach involves gathering information from participants to tailor the class to their specific needs, covering topics like microphone placement, recording space optimization, decision-making in the recording process, and assistance with equipment and software recommendations. Attendees also have the opportunity to bring their own music tracks for discussion and troubleshooting, creating an intimate, interactive, and collaborative learning environment. No discounts. This class meets at Minnehaha Recording Company:4501 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis MN 55406 Additional Information: Attendees do not have to have any specific background or experience. We may be demonstrating things in Pro Tools, but this is meant to be software (and gear) agnostic. We are not teaching a specific software at this time. We intend for this to be as beneficial to attendees as possible. Because of this, we’ll gather some info about you once you’ve signed up. Once we have this info from all participants, we can decide what might be best to focus on as class- specific styles of music, instruments, microphone placement, preamps/compression/EQ, mixing, working with artists, etc. Attendees will have the option to bring in a track of their own music or something they might have recorded to talk through the process and any challenges they may be having with it. Our goal is to keep this intimate, interactive, and collaborative. Instead of memorizing a list of high-end equipment or large format console signal flow like most audio schools teach, we want to discuss and refine things like: Basic microphone placement Making the most of your recording space Context in recording and mixing Mindful decision making and tone-seeking How do I get that sound? Is this tonal or arrangement decision actually helping the song? Assistance with any general equipment/software recommendations.

You have a little bit of experience or a lot of experience with Improv. We don't care which. This workshop is open to all levels and will be a refresher on how to focus on stage work, character work and how to get out of your head and into a scene. Get off the couch and come play with some fun and talented people.

*** TIME CHANGE FROM BROCHURE: CLASS STARTS AT 6:30PM. DUE TO THE EXTRA CLASS TIME, THE COST TO RUN THE CLASS HAS INCREASED *** Whether a few or a ton of experience with Improv, all levels welcome to learn improv in this fast paced class. This class will focus particularly on teambuilding and individual growth, using the "Yes, And" philosophy of Improv to build confidence both in theatrical performance and everyday life. The curriculum will incorporate foundational improv concepts and exercises from seminal texts, ranging from Keith Johnstone to the UCB to add to the student's skill sets. Students are expected to bring a mindset of learning, continuous improvement, and a "yes, and" attitude. Together, we will build trust, grow as performers and teammates.

Whether a few or a ton of experience with Improv, all levels welcome to learn improv in this fast paced class. This class will focus particularly on teambuilding and individual growth, using the "Yes, And" philosophy of Improv to build confidence both in theatrical performance and everyday life. The curriculum will incorporate foundational improv concepts and exercises from seminal texts, ranging from Keith Johnstone to the UCB to add to the student's skill sets. Students are expected to bring a mindset of learning, continuous improvement, and a "yes, and" attitude. Together, we will build trust, grow as performers and teammates.