Heartfelt Music Academy Courses & Camps
Welcome to the heartfelt Music Academy Courses & Camps page. You can view each one currently offered and apply/register from this page.
Camps
The camps are taught by Reggie Coates, usually four to six hours long, and limited to a smaller number of participants, 5 for the Guitar Camps and 10 for the Songwriting Camp. It is more of an intimate setting with personal interaction and attention. Because they are limited, make sure you get in the Application Form in right away. The curriculum is more intensive in order to get a lot in a little time, but the camps are intentionally divided up to benefit certain age groups and skill levels. The camps are held in beautiful Mount Hermon at Reggie’s home. They include a delicious brunch, a challenging training/resource book, a notebook, and relevant handouts. CLICK HERE to download the Application Form for any of the training camps. Parents, drivers, or friends who are waiting for their students during camp can visit the Mount Hermon Bookstore, go for a walk along the forest trails, have some coffee at our local coffee lounge or snack shop. Then, when camp is over, you can visit the Boardwalk, Roaring Camp Railroad, or just go to the beach.
Guitar Camps, Mount Hermon
- Beginning Guitar (Ages 13-adult), July 9 (Sat), 9:00am-1:00pm, limited to 5 students
This Guitar camp is a great way to start the journey of guitar playing. Even if you know a few chords, but don’t have the strength to play a barre chord, you will be challenged and have fun reinforcing the basics of playing guitar. It includes a delicious brunch, a challenging training/resource book, a notebook, relevant handouts, and three hours of interactive instruction. The book is called The Complete Guitar Manual with DVD (a $25.00 value) which just came out this year. I hope you can make it, investing in your music education. Because this camp is limited to 5 students, you’ll need to fill out an application and email it right away. It is first-come-first-served. The cost is $120. CLICK HERE to download the Application Form. Some of the things we will be learning will be:- Beginning Music Theory
- Tuning the Guitar
- Playing Posture
- The Picking Hand
- The Fretting Hand
- Strumming
- Finger Picking
- Three String Chords
- Basic Chords
- Power Chords
- Palm Muting
- Guitar Maintenance
- Three Songs
- Intermediate Guitar (Ages 9-12), July 16 (Sat), 9:00am-1:00pm, limited to 5 students
This Guitar camp will continue your journey of guitar playing and give you the perfect blast to challenge you and move you forward. You should have the strength to play a barre chord. The morning includes a delicious brunch, a challenging training/resource book, a notebook, relevant handouts, and three hours of interactive instruction. The book is called The Complete Guitar Manual with DVD (a $25.00 value) which just came out this year. I hope you can make it, investing in your music education. Because this camp is limited to 5 students, you’ll need to fill out an application and email it right away. It is first-come-first-served. The cost is $120. CLICK HERE to download the Application Form. Some of the things we will be learning will be:- Intermediate Music Theory
- Picking Development
- Hammer Ons/Pull Offs
- Riffs and Fills
- Chords & Scales
- Barre Chords
- The CAGED System
- Chord Progressions
- Chord Variety
- Arpeggiating Chords
- Using Capos
- Blues Basics
- Pentatonic Scales
- String Bending
- Playing with Expression
- Becoming an Artist
- Three Songs
- Beginning Guitar (Ages 9-12), July 23 (Sat), 9:00am-1:00pm, limited to 5 students This Guitar camp is a great way to start the journey of guitar playing. Even if you know a few chords, but don’t have the strength to play a barre chord, you will be challenged and have fun reinforcing the basics of playing guitar. It includes a delicious brunch, a challenging training/resource book, a notebook, relevant handouts, and three hours of interactive instruction. The book is called The Complete Guitar Manual with DVD (a $25.00 value) which just came out this year. I hope you can make it, investing in your music education. Because this camp is limited to 5 students, you’ll need to fill out an application and email it right away. It is first-come-first-served. The cost is $120. CLICK HERE to download the Application Form. Some of the things we will be learning will be:
- Beginning Music Theory
- Tuning the Guitar
- Playing Posture
- The Picking Hand
- The Fretting Hand
- Strumming
- Finger Picking
- Three String Chords
- Basic Chords
- Power Chords
- Palm Muting
- Guitar Maintenance
- Three Songs
- Intermediate Guitar (Ages 13-adult), August 13 (Sat), 9:00am-1:00pm, limited to 5 students
This Guitar camp will continue your journey of guitar playing and give you the perfect blast to challenge you and move you forward. You should have the strength to play a barre chord. The morning includes a delicious brunch, a challenging training/resource book, a notebook, relevant handouts, and three hours of interactive instruction. The book is called The Complete Guitar Manual with DVD (a $25.00 value) which just came out this year. I hope you can make it, investing in your music education. Because this camp is limited to 5 students, you’ll need to fill out an application and email it right away. It is first-come-first-served. The cost is $120. CLICK HERE to download the Application Form. Some of the things we will be learning will be:- Intermediate Music Theory
- Picking Development
- Hammer Ons/Pull Offs
- Riffs and Fills
- Chords & Scales
- Barre Chords
- The CAGED System
- Chord Progressions
- Chord Variety
- Arpeggiating Chords
- Using Capos
- Blues Basics
- Pentatonic Scales
- String Bending
- Playing with Expression
- Becoming an Artist
- Three Songs
- Advanced Guitar (Ages 13-adult), August 20 (Sat), 9:00am-1:00pm, limited to 5 students
This Guitar camp will continue your journey of guitar playing and give you the perfect blast to challenge you and move you farther, faster. This course is intensive and moves quickly. The morning includes a delicious brunch, a challenging training/resource book, a notebook, relevant handouts, and three hours of interactive instruction. The book is called The Complete Guitar Manual with DVD (a $25.00 value) which just came out this year. I hope you can make it, investing in your music education. Because this camp is limited to 5 students, you’ll need to fill out an application and email it right away. It is first-come-first-served. The cost is $120. CLICK HERE to download the Application Form. Some of the things we will be learning will be:- Advanced Music Theory
- Playing with Expression
- Navigating the Fretboard
- Extended and Complex Chords
- Alternate Tunings
- Acoustic Fingerstyle
- Blues-Rock Soloing and Improvisation
- Advanced Bends
- 3-Note Per String Scales
- Two-Hand Tapping
- Sweep Picking
- Rhythmic Interest
- Musical Genres: Blues, Rock, Metal, Country, R&B, Funk, Raggae, Pop, and Jazz
- Being a Concert Artist
- Three Songs
Songwriting Camp, Mount Hermon
- Christian Songwriting (Ages 13-adult), August 27 (Sat), 9:00am-2:00pm, limited to 10 people
This songwriting camp is a great way to develop the craft of writing God songs. Reggie is an award winning songwriter with songs used by churches nationwide (listed with CCLI and BMI) including Ain’t Nobody. He also has been one of the workshop leaders and song competition judges for the Mount Hermon Christian Songwriters Conference for the past three years. The morning includes a delicious brunch, a challenging training/resource book, a notebook, relevant handouts, and four hours of interactive instruction. The book is called God Songs (a $20.00 value) by Paul Baloche and Jimmy & Carol Owens. Each person can share a song and receive critique. Because this camp is limited to 10 people, you’ll need to fill out an application and email it right away. It is first-come-first-served. The cost is $65. CLICK HERE to download the Application Form. Some of the things we will be learning will be:- The Eight Elements of Songwriting
- How Worship Songs Are Born
- What Makes a Great Worship Song
- Words That Sing
- Melody That Soars
- Harmony That Enhances
- Rhythm That M0ves
- How to Stimulate Creativity
- Getting Your Songs Heard
- Selecting the Best Title for Your Song
- Enhancing Imagination
- The Form of a Song
- What Makes a Bad Song
- Four Aspects of Sound
- Making a Demo
- Copyright & Performance Rights
- Performance Practices
Courses
These courses are taught by Reggie Coates at various locations throughout the Bay Area such as Mount Hermon, Scotts Valley, San Jose, Los Altos and Danville. They are usually 45 minutes to an hour session once a week for six to eight weeks. They are limited to 10 students per course.
The current locations are at:
Baymonte Christian School, Scotts Valley
- Fun Guitar Course 2 (Grades 2-5), Baymonte Christian School: April 6 – June 1, (Wed) 8:00am-8:40am
Wednesdays, grades 2-5, 8:00am-8:40am (Every Wednesday for 6 weeks beginning April 6, at Baymonte Christian School, 5000 Granite Creek Rd, Scotts Valley, CA, 95066. I will be teaching a continuing beginning guitar course for those who have taken the first course (grades 2-5). Fun Guitar Course 2 will continue in offering more songs, chords, strums, finger picking patterns, plus more music theory and technique from the book Guide to Playing the Guitar. The course is starting next Wednesday, April 6, before school from 8:00am to 8:40am. I hope you can make it, investing in your music education and experiencing the joy of playing guitar. Sign-up below through PayPal (email your name, email address, and phone number to reggie@heartfeltmusic.org) or pick up a brochure at the school office and turn it in with a check on the first day. The cost is $120 for the 6 week course. There will also be relevant and educational hand-outs for each class. If you have any question, you can call Reggie at (925) 206-9895.
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Registration Information
For the Camps, you must begin the registration process by filling out an Application Form. CLICK HERE to download the Application Form. It will explain what to do from there.
For the Courses, Email or send the following information to Heartfelt Music Ministry, PO Box 3, Mount Hermon, CA 95041: Name, Address, City, State, Zip, Phone, Email, Course Title, and Course Date.
Payment
To pay with Check or Money Order, send payment and Registration Information to Heartfelt Music, PO Box 3, Mount Hermon, CA 95041. To pay with Credit/Debit card, click on the applicable PayPal icons (but don’t forget to email or send the Registration Information details to Heartfelt Music, PO Box 3, Mount Hermon, CA 95041. Please don’t hesitate to call Reggie at (925) 206-9895 if you have any questions. Thank you.