MECC Offers Old Time Music and Dance Classes for Fall Semester 2019

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Big Stone Gap, VA — Mountain Empire Community College will offer several music classes for credit and non-credit courses for the Fall 2019 semester.

For students who do not want college credit for the course, but want to learn string instruments, non-credit classes are available for a fee of $150.00 for a three-hour weekly class for sixteen weeks. Students, ages 10 and older, can learn to play Appalachian dulcimer, autoharp, clawhammer banjo, upright bass, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin for less than $3.15 per hour. Classes start on Monday, August 28 and end on Tuesday, December 10.

Mondays:
• Beginning Rhythm Guitar (Beginning), 5-7:45 PM, Cathy Qualls, Main Campus;
• Beginning Lead Guitar (Intermediate), 6-8:45 PM, Cathy Qualls, Main Campus;
• Guitar Theory and Practice I (Intermediate), 2-4:45 PM, Chris Rose, Main Campus;
• Guitar Theory and Practice II (Advanced), 6-8:45 PM, Chris Rose, Main Campus;
• Old Time String Band (Advanced) 6-8:45 PM, Todd Meade, Gate City High School;
• Upright Bass (Beginning), 6-8:45 PM, Todd Meade, Gate City High School;
Tuesdays:
• Beginning Mandolin (Beginning), 6-8:45 PM, Jeff Dickenson, Main Campus;
• Jazz Chord Guitar (Advanced), 6-8:45 PM, Steve Souther, Main Campus;
Wednesdays:
• Beginning Appalachian Dulcimer (Beginning), 1-3:45 PM, Mike Gilley, Main Campus;
• Beginning Autoharp (Beginning), 1-3:45 PM, Mike Gilley, Main Campus;
• Beginning Fiddle (Beginning), 1-3:45 PM, Joanna Osteen, Main Campus;
• Old Time Folk Dance (Beginning), 5-6 PM, Tyler Hughes, Center for Workforce Innovation Appalachia;
• Blues Guitar (Advanced), 6-8:45 PM, Chris Rose, Main Campus;
• Upright Bass (Beginning), 6-8:45 PM, Bill Smith, Main Campus;
Thursdays:
• Building and Playing an Electric Guitar (Beginning), 2-4:45 PM, Chris Rose, Main Campus;
• Clawhammer Banjo (Beginning), 6-8:45 PM, Tyler Hughes, Main Campus;
• Old Time Sting Band (Intermediate), 6-8:45 PM, Tyler Hughes, Main Campus;

For more information or to register, contact Mike Gilley at 276. 523.7468.