Workshops
Throughout the year, we offer specialty workshops on a variety of instruments taught by instructors from New Mexico and beyond.
Each workshop is unique, and recommended skill levels are listed in each description. Questions? Contact us!
Upcoming Workshops
Between the Fret: An Intro to Slide Guitar - Specialty Workshop!
with Ry Mohon
Saturday, March 15, 2-3:30pm. $30
Ever feel like the frets are getting in your way? Maybe you're bending a note to the edge of its life, only to fall just short of where you wanted to go. Enter: The Guitar Slide!
In this workshop, we'll dive into the history of slide guitar and break down essential techniques to get you gliding effortlessly across the fretboard. Whether you're aiming for soulful blues, swampy rock, or just want to add some slick new sounds to your playing, you'll walk away with the primer to a whole new world of guitar playing. Come slide into something new!
Recommended pre-requisites: know your open chords, and be familiar with reading tablature.
Bill Monroe Mandolin Part 1 - Specialty Workshop!
with Josh Martin
Saturday, March 22, 2-3:30pm. $30
Multi-instrumentalist Josh Martin leads the workshop attendees through a deep dive into Bill Monroe’s style and analyze what made Monroe’s mandolin playing so revolutionary in country and bluegrass music through right-hand picking techniques, double stops, cross-picking, tremolo, arpeggio shapes, chucking, hammer-ons and pull-offs. You’ll learn Monroe’s 3-part instrumental masterpiece “Big Mon,” which utilizes many of these techniques.
Bring a mandolin, the pick of your choice (recommended: ‘extra heavy’, 1.0mm or greater or Dawg-style mandolin picks for Monroe’s style), a notebook and all your questions about classic bluegrass mandolin picking.
Recommended pre-requisites: knowing your open chords and a few closed chord shapes, and be familiar with reading tablature or melody.
Cancellation and Refund Policies
All Queen Bee classes need a minimum of three students to run. If a class does not meet that requirement, the class will be canceled, and registered students will be offered the following choices:
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a credit for private lessons at the amount of their tuition
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the registration fee can be transferred to a fully tax-deductible donation, or
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a refund.
Credits must be used within the calendar year; they expire on December 31. Two-person classes may run as a semi-private lesson, at the discretion of Queen Bee administration and the teacher.
Registration for classes remains open for 3 weeks after a session begins. Students can drop a class and receive a refund for remaining classes through the third week of the session. After week 3, registration fees are non-refundable.