Music Classes at Manor Mill
It’s never too late to learn a new instrument or to exercise your singing voice and Manor Mill is the place to do it!
Current Classes:
HOLIDAY UKULELE COURSE with rita baker-schmidt
Sundays, November 24 - December 8, 2:30-3:30PM
Make some merry Ukulele music this Holiday Season with us! This three-part class meets on Sundays, Nov 24th, Dec 1st, and 8th at 2:30PM and concludes with a festive concert at 3:30PM on the 21st! We will learn contemporary and traditional Holiday tunes to delight all who gather around your yule log.
Pre-Req: Absolute Beginners and Next Step classes (or equivalent knowledge of the Ukulele and C, G, F, Am, D, Dm, Em, and B chords.) Ages 6 and up.
Participants should bring their instruments, a tuner and a capo.
SINGING IN THE ROUND WITH RITA BAKER-SCHMIDT
Saturday, December 21, 2-3PM
There is nothing like singing in a group to make you feel great.
Group singing is a fantastic way to build community, confidence and communication skills.
By taking traditional folk songs with simple melodies and singing them in 2 or 3 part rounds we will all learn the melody and then stagger the start time to create beautiful harmonies.
All you need to have for this class is a love of singing and an open heart. Participants don’t need to be a professional singer, and will not need to know how to read music, but are encouraged to bring a device to record the
songs for practice at home.
Ukulele -- Beatles Intensive
Take a deep dive into the music of the Fab Four with this Ukulele course. Learn chords and tablature for their most famous songs. Debate which album was the best and who is your favorite Beatle. Multi-week course with mini concert for friends and family at the end! Note: You must have already taken a beginner ukulele class at Manor Mill in order to register for this class- it is okay if you are registered for a future beginner class!
Fill out the form below to get on the waitlist!
Meet our music instructorS
Rita Schmidt
Rita is a singer, songwriter and instrumentalist from the Hereford area. A lifelong musician she started teaching Voice, Piano, Guitar, and later Ukulele, Music Theory and Boomwhackers about a decade ago. She teaches privately in the Northern Baltimore County Area and is the Director of Music at EMC Performing Arts Studio in New Freedom, PA. Rita is a long time Music Minister at Our Lady of Grace where she sings and plays Bass and D’jembe for the Contemporary Music Band.
Pat Hundley
After teaching a year with Head Start, Pat taught Kindergarten and pre-K and entertained children for 35 years in Baltimore County, Maryland. He has taught courses on Early Childhood Education at the Community College of Baltimore County and held workshops on music and movement for young children and incorporating music into math.
Pat has been entertaining children professionally for the past 35 years playing Baltimore’s ArtScape, Norfolk’s HarborFest, The Towson Spring Festival, Children’s Museums, camps, school and PTA events, daycares, bookstores and several branches of the Baltimore County Public Library. He holds a BS from Frostburg and a Masters from Towson University both in Early Childhood Education.
At this point in his career he prefers small private schools, camps, day cares, birthday parties and similar venues. He likes the intimacy of the smaller performances and getting to know kids over years of repeat performances.