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 October 26th - December 10th.

Register for enrichment classes here

 

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, 4:30-6:30pm

High School: Thursdays, 4:30-6:30pm

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.

Songwriting

Middle + High School: Wednesdays, 4:30-6:30pm

Learn how to craft meaningful lyrics, melodies, and chord progressions in this middle and high school club. Taught by Sofia Young.

Office Hours

 Second Fridays beginning Nov 13, 4:30-6:30pm

Join YOR's Caleb Tardio (guitarist from Denver bands like Anthony Ruptak, Holographic American, I Sank Molly Brown, and formerly the keyboardist from death metal supergroup Nightwraith) in an interactive conversation about musical technique, technology, and theory. Topics will include:

  • Music theory that really helps
  • Live setups that work every time
  • Guitar amps and effects that won't break the bank
  • Synthesizer techniques for everyone
  • Sampling and looping for fun and profit
Office Hours is YOR's new monthly informal workshop series, featuring YOR staff and friends providing insights from their musical careers. Come learn, ask questions, and play. For artists of all ages.

 

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.