This course will explain how to assemble and produce a good tone on flute. We will learn notes in a major scale and lots of fun songs. This is a chance to develop a hobby that will bring joy for many years! Visit my website at www.ksaxman.com. Please bring a flute.

The Petaluma Community Band is an adult-oriented wind and percussion ensemble. Participants should have played with a high school and/or college band and want to improve their music abilities. Participants should have their own instrument.  Percussion equipment is provided. A yearly schedule will be available that includes performances each semester. Open to ages 18 and over. High school students need to ask permission of the instructor. For more info please contact Arlene Burney at burneyband@comcast.net. Please bring your instrument to the first class.

For more information, visit www.petalumacommunityband.org.

No class 11/19/18

Here is your chance to learn to improvise melodies on the Blues Form. We talk about chord types, analyzing song forms and ways to get more abilities to play different rhythms and scales over chords. But most of all we have fun. 

Last semester we played Kansas City, Venus, Summertime, Coming Home baby and other Blues Forms.Next year might even get into easy jazz songs like Blue Bossa or I got Rhythm Changes (the Flintstones).  Let's have fun!