Continuing Beginner 1, 2, & 3, and Intermediate 5-String Old-Timey Banjo
Our next 5-string banjo classes with instructor Ed Sweeney start April 11 and April 14, 2026.
5-string workshops with Ken Perlman on March 7, 1 PM and 2:30 PM.
Blackstone River Theatre will offer CONTINUING BEGINNER 3 5-STRING OLD-TIMEY BANJO from 10:00 a.m. to 10:50 a.m., and INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOP FOR 5-STRING OLD-TIMEY BANJO from 11:00 to NOON, with Ed Sweeney on Saturdays, April 11 & 18, and May 2, 9, 16, and 30.
Blackstone River Theatre will also offer CONTINUING BEGINNER 2 5-STRING OLD-TIMEY BANJO from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., with Ed Sweeney on Tuesdays, April 14, 28, and May 5, 12, 19, 26.
Blackstone River Theatre will also offer CONTINUING BEGINNER 1 5-STRING OLD-TIMEY BANJO from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., with Ed Sweeney on Tuesdays, April 14, 28, and May 5, 12, 19, 26. (Class is for students who have taken one 6-week beginner session with Ed.)
These will be small group classes geared toward adults or teens age 16-and-up. Fee is $120 per student per six-week session and pre-payment is necessary. Minimum two needed to hold class. Maximum 5 students. In these classes you will learn the basics of playing the old-time Appalachian banjo style including tuning, ornamentation and basic frailing to drop thumb melodic playing. We will work on ear training and as we progress, discover the many different tunings of old timey banjo and why one would want to use different tunings. Participants must bring their own 5-string banjo!
