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Beginning Social Ballroom - Latin Styles (In-Person) Watertown

$65

with Jim Zaccaria

Calendar Sep 17, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 3 weeks

This course focuses on dance fundamentals and basic steps, with a variety of popular Social Ballroom and Latin dances including Salsa, Cha Cha, Merengue, Waltz, Fox Trot, and Rumba. Instructional sheets are provided to help you remember what you’ve learned, plus a potential “field trip” for real-world dance experience.

Will run

Intermediate Tin Whistle (In-Person) Torrington

$65

with Jean Recchia

Calendar Sep 22, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 4 weeks

Learn to play Irish tunes on the tin whistle. Topics to be covered include learning to read tin whistle tablature, fingering, and playing several tunes. No prior experience is required.

Creative Songwriting Using AI (Online)

$105

with Roxann Riskin

Calendar Oct 2, 2025 at 7 pm, runs for 5 weeks

Taught by an enthusiastic instructor with a background in university technology, this course offers an alternate way of creating music. Within minutes, write, listen, and share your first AI song. You will learn about and explore an AI application that can immediately generate vocals, instrumentals, and related images. Fun themes will be presented for individual and group engagement with the AI program.

Beginning Social Ballroom - Swing Styles (In-Person) Watertown

$65

with Jim Zaccaria

Calendar Oct 15, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 3 weeks

Learn dance fundamentals and basic steps, along with more advanced techniques, for several popular Social Ballroom Swing dances, including Jitterbug (Jive), Lindy Hop, Hustle, and West Coast Swing! Instructional sheets are provided to help you remember what you’ve learned, plus a potential “field trip” for real-world dance experience

How to Play the Accordion: Beginner Level (In-Person) New England Accordion Connection

$55

with Angelo Paul Ramunni

Calendar Oct 20, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 5 weeks

In this beginner course, led by the owner of the New England Accordion Connection & Museum Company in North Canaan, CT, discover how to play the accordion, the construction of the instrument, and how to read music notes. Although registered students will play available accordions on-site during class, students must have access to a piano-style accordion at home to practice their homework. An optional but strongly recommended textbook will be available for purchase in class for $25, payable directly to the instructor. Additionally, there is an optional $50 charge for sheet music, and accordions will also be available for purchase for those who wish to buy their own.

Irish Seisiun (In-Person) Torrington

$65

with Jean Recchia

Calendar Nov 3, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 4 weeks

Participants learn some typical seisiun tunes. All instruments are welcome, tin whistle, flute, etc. Students must already know how to play their instrument.

Beginning West Coast Swing (In-Person) Watertown

$65

with Jim Zaccaria

Calendar Nov 12, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 3 weeks

Welcome to West Coast Swing – the smoothest and sexiest of the Swing dances. Learn to dance like the pros in the “slot” as we cover moves like Sugar Push, Side Pass, Tuck & Turn, and variations of 6 and 8-count patterns. Enjoy a fun, energetic workout while dancing to the best Rhythm & Blues tunes of all time.

Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People (Online)

$75

with Craig Coffman

Calendar Nov 17, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Learn to play piano the way professionals do, using chords. A recording of the class will be included.

Will run





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