Middle and high school students can enroll in Youth on Record's Creative Enrichment Classes!
Classes are led by professional teaching artists and meet once a week for six weeks.
The next session will run from September 14-October 23rd.
Beatmaking 101 and 102
Beatmaking 101: Mondays
- Middle School: 4:30 - 5:40pm
- High School: 5:45 - 6:55pm
Beatmaking 102: Tuesdays
- Middle School: 4:30 - 5:40pm
- High School: 5:45 - 6:55pm
Our beatmaking course is a six-week introduction to beat history, digital music production, and creative composition using Ableton Live 12. Students will learn how to create MIDI and audio loops, record live instruments, develop song structure, use effects, and complete an original piece of music.
Rather than approaching Ableton as a collection of technical features, Beat Lab focuses on creativity through simplicity. Students will learn a small number of production tools each week and immediately use those tools to create music. Beatmaking 102 adds more advanced techniques like automation, MIDI editing, sampling, or more sophisticated recording as well as deeper discussions about musical traditions.
Alternative Band: Rock Jam
Middle School: Wednesdays, 4:30-6pm
High School: Thursdays, 4:30-6pm
Rock Jam is a hands-on music enrichment experience where students discover what it means to be part of a band through playing, listening, experimenting, creating, and sharing music together.
Students explore guitar, bass, drums, keys, and vocals while developing foundational skills in rhythm, melody, harmony, song structure, ensemble playing, and creative expression. No previous musical experience is required. Students with prior experience can take on additional roles, leadership opportunities, and creative challenges.
Mix It Up Cypher
Once per quarter, Fridays, 3-7pm
Stop by the YOR studio to collaborate and create an original song in real time! Open to artists ages 14-24. No experience necessary.