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

Bill Monroe Mandolin Part 2 Workshop

with Josh Martin

Saturday, June 14, 2-3:30pm. $30

Postponed, new date TBA

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.

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. Bill Monroe Style Mandolin Part 1 is recommended, but not required.

DADGAD Guitar Workshop

with Tony Burling

New Date: Saturday, August 16, 2-3:30pm. $30

Explore the world of different tunings on guitar! Around the world, guitarists use alternate tunings and chord shapes. DADGAD, a D tuning, is most commonly found in Irish music.

Tony Burling of Santa Fe's Irish band Seanchaí breaks down how to tune your guitar and the new chord shapes that you'll need to use in DADGAD.

Recommended pre-requisites: know your open chords, and how to read a chord diagram.

Cancellation and Refund Policies

All Queen Bee workshops need a minimum of three students to run. If a class does not meet that requirement, the workshops will be canceled, and registered students will be offered the following choices:

a credit for private lessons at the amount of their tuition
the registration fee can be transferred to a fully tax-deductible donation, or
a refund.

Credits must be used within the calendar year; they expire on December 31. Two-person workshops may run as a semi-private lesson, at the discretion of Queen Bee administration and the teacher.