LET IT BE
six Mondays at 5:30 PM EST starting Oct. 21st
Virtual band fully booked––new Tuesday section added
live presentations plus option for discussion seminar
or virtual band recording project
Join us as we examine the Beatles' return to live-performance excellence, getting back to their earliest bar-band days as they progressed through an India-reborn embrace of the collaborative spirit to culminate in both the iconic rooftop concert and a handful of acoustic classics. Adding a newly authentic gospel inflection with the full membership of Billy Preston, the Beatles brought gems such as "Don't Let Me Down," "Dig a Pony," and "Two of Us" to an appreciative world.
With special guests: Mark Lewisohn
Robert Rodriguez and Katie Kapurch
Each session starts with All Together Now––a live multimedia presentation and discussion exploring the music from a scholarly perspective and from the point of view of performing musicians.
For a deeper dive, stay on after All Together Now for a Seminar with Professor Walter Everett, or for Virtual Band, where you'll learn songs and make your own recordings with a small group of musicians at your level, coached by Jack Petruzzelli or Cameron Greider. All Together Now is free to those who enroll in Seminar or Virtual Band.
RPM SCHOOL
One of the foremost authorities on the music of the Beatles, Walter Everett is Professor of Music at the University of Michigan. His two-volume study The Beatles as Musicians (Oxford University Press) has been hailed as “a milestone in Beatles research” and “without a doubt, the most important work on the Beatles to date”.
One of New York’s most sought-after session and touring musicians, Jack Petruzzelli has played with Patti Smith, Joan Osborne, Ian Hunter and Rufus Wainwright, to name a few. A multi-instrumentalist triple threat on guitars, vocals and keyboards, he is also a founding member of the world’s foremost band for the Beatle-obsessed, The Fab Faux.
Guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Cameron Greider has worked with artists like Joan Baez, Sean Lennon and Chris Cornell as well as top-tier producers
T Bone Burnett and Steve Lilywhite. He is also a dedicated teacher of guitar, bass and piano.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
The class was amazing. Challenging and at the same time accommodated all kinds of level of play.
I’d take it again in a heartbeat.
I came to the class thinking I knew so much….wrong! They pulled out all the stops for us. Music, history, class materials, guest speakers…They truly put the Beatles in context both musically and everything else. It’s an excellent deep dive.
Singing and playing for anyone else besides myself is a BIG stretch out of my comfort zone. One of the (many) terrific things about your class is how genuinely non-judgmental it was. Just pure encouragement.