Medford musician Emily O'Brien begins her 2023 series of online music workshops with "Ensemble Skills All By Your Lonesome." Ensemble skills include listening to other parts, responding to what you hear, giving clear cues and cutoffs, keeping the rhythm steady, leading and following tempo changes, and more. There’s nothing like playing with other people, but …

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Medford musician Emily O'Brien continues her 2023 series of online music workshops with "Intro to Playing By Ear." If you think playing by ear is a mysterious talent that you just weren’t born with, this class is for you. You'll work on matching pitch, identifying the directions of melodies, finding notes on your instrument, and …

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Medford musician Emily O'Brien continues her 2023 series of online music workshops with "Making It Up: Improvisation for Everyone!" Think you have to be born with a special talent to play music that isn’t on the page? Think again! Just like learning to read between the lines or draw pictures of imaginary objects, anyone can …

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