Blue Bear School of Music - San Francisco, California

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I strongly recommend Blue Bear band workshops to anyone interested in having a true band experience and improving their musical abilities. We received professional level guidance in rehearsing songs and preparing for a live show at a local club. The instructors I have had are all knowledgeable, supportive and offer their musical expertise in guiding us through our set list. I know I have benefited greatly from my experience with the Blue Bear band workshops.

Gwen P.

I was lucky enough to enroll in my first ukulele class when Richard Michos was starting a series. Nearly two years later, his Monday night class is always a great start to my week. I learn something every class, have fun and am inspired by Richard's musical virtuosity. Don't know if Richard will begin a new class series, but you can always look into private lessons. (And you're not limited to ukulele with lessons if guitar is your instrument of choice.)

Marisa N.

I love Blue Bear! I had such an amazing time at my first band workshop! Our director Jim is so helpful and he really created a space where we could all come together and make fun music! We had a blast! It's been a dream of mine to sing with a band and I am so grateful to Blue Bear! If you've ever wondered what it would be like to sing or play music please give yourself the gift of a Blue Bear class!

Donna

I like Blue Bear's diverse variety of teachers, styles of music and range of class offerings, but what I particularly enjoy is the individual guidance in finding the "right fit" classes/private instruction and teachers for helping my child pursue his personal music tastes and goals. As a parent, I also really enjoy Blue Bear's proactive approach to minimizing stress whether it be parking alerts or handling class cancellations and or reschedules with forethought. I highly recommend!

Eliza L.

Discovering Blue Bear made my dream come alive: I finally picked up my bass and made myself a promise to learn to play bass well enough to do a workshop... so I did! I keep going back to workshops because A) the teachers are AWESOME, B) you get to hear what a real band sounds like, C) the teachers are AWESOME, D) when you're on stage, it doesn't matter if you suck, no one will judge you, E) the teachers are AWESOME, and F) who knows, you might leave a workshop with a band of your own (it's happened to me!).

Even if you've never thought about Blue Bear before, GO. Sign up. Do your thing. Prepare to rock!

Richard L.

There are many dreams we have; from being a winning pitcher in game 7 of the World Series, to rocking out in a band. Blue Bear has no expertise in the area of sports - but having appeared onstage 3 times in bands at Bay Area clubs after 40+ years away from music was truly a dream come true. And it wasn't a "feel bad for the old guy" move - each band learned their tunes, practiced and prepared and then as a team each band had a ball onstage. If you've ever toyed with the idea of taking what ever musical skills you have on stage - drop your inhibitions and get on board with Blue Bear. My only regret - I've move away from SF and may never get another class there! But I haven't stopped playing!

Ralph B.

My first guitar class at Blue Bear was a lot of fun for me. I had a great teacher, Kent Brown, and everyone in the class was better than me. I definitely will continues with Blue Bear.

dusty R.

Blue Bear is the ONLY place to go for professional, progressive, and fun musical instruction. I have attended off and on (pretty much 'on' now as I added the fabulous band workshops) for at least 15 years and would not switch. It is for all ages, levels, and personalities! Every staff member is a pro.