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Plus, students can hone their skills by playing in various groups, from a folkloric ensemble to one that's"turning into almost like an R&B kind of thing," said Walter Zooi, executive director of"All of our stuff is student-led. So it's where the students want to go and the kind of stuff that the students want to play," Zooi said.
"We have a state of the art multimedia lab that's probably analogous to most four-year colleges in terms of the music production equipment and software, but also the video production equipment," Zooi said.The center will also include rehearsal and concert spaces, as well as classrooms, studios and broadcast-quality cameras. YMF started a few pilot classes earlier this year, and a full slate of programming is expected to start this summer.
And if you thought you were too old to learn music, Zooi stresses that it's never too late: They're offering a range of programming open to the public for kids to adults, and YMF is even planning classes where adults and kids can learn side by side.
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