August 11, 2026
Check out our Fall Programs at KSS at https://therhapsodyproject.org/kss-programs!
Building community
through our roots
The Rhapsody Project builds community and celebrates heritage through music.
Find out where to go
Root yourself in the Layers of Your Heritage
In every program, we help students reflect and learn to see themselves more clearly. Interwoven with music lessons, our check-in questions and assignments give students new ways to understand themselves as people of culture.
Your ethnicity and your other visible identity markers reflect just a few layers of your heritage. The land you’re raised on, the communities that raise you, and the cultures you are drawn to study or absorb are also vital parts of you.
Learn music as a social skill
Youth
Our programs at King St. Station center youth ages 10-25, but we offer in-school programs for K-12 as well!
Grown Folks
Our Face the Music program is a great place to start, we are building a multi-generational community!
Public Jams
We host monthly jam sessions each month at different locations in Seattle!
“We’re not just playing music, we’re actually learning and changing how people think about things, changing how the world works.”
Ari
Songsters Participant, 2018 to present
“I developed my ability to think critically about race, to talk openly and vulnerably with my peers, and to examine my whiteness and privilege and how they play out in my own music appreciation and career.”
Andy Ferguson
Face the Music alumni
“I am so grateful for the opportunity for Ari to have an outlet artistically and inlet culturally, the flow of it is something that I couldn’t do myself.”
Tana
Ari’s mom
“[the program] gives you tools to learn about your own heritage and also about . . . the American experience through music. But also not just music-centered, [they] encouraged that you look into food, dance, and other elements of culture, encouraged to talk to elders and learn about where your family came from.”
Sam
Unbroken Circle program alumni
“It is a community where you can go and play music, learn music, and take part in a supportive and nurturing community and be welcomed whatever that part might look like, it’s always there for you.”
Lillian
Songster program alumni
Ways to get involved
Klezmer Jam
Monthly Klezmer Jam session for all ages, all instruments and all experience levels!
Join Our Team
Join a diverse team that celebrates music and heritage through an anti-racist lens.
Rhapsody updates
Song of the month
Check out our live session with KNXX
Upcoming events
Events in August–September 2026
August 11, 2026 (1 event) - Fall Program Registration Opens!
September 15, 2026 (1 event) - Vocal Rhapsody I
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September 15, 2026Vocal Rhapsody I
Tuesdays, 4 -6 pmDiscover, expand, and refine your vocal abilities in these weekly workshops that are focused on singing and anchored in somatics (your internal physical perception and experience), culture, and heritage.
To get a taste of the repertoire that is likely be included in your classes, check out this playlist.
Where
King Street Station
303 S Jackson St, Room 112
Seattle, WA 98104Teaching Artists
Briar and Liz CastilloLevel
Total beginners to experienced singers who want to strengthen vocal foundations and build community.King Street Station (2nd Floor)September 16, 2026 (1 event) - Guitar, Ukulele, Bass: Beginner to Intermediate
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September 16, 2026Guitar, Ukulele, Bass: Beginner to Intermediate
Wednesdays, 4-6 pmJoin us to learn guitar, bass, or ukulele in a welcoming and flexible learning environment for beginning and intermediate students. In addition to learning songs, students will gain a number of essential technical skills on their instrument while learning the historical context of the music.
We’ll explore blues, jazz, folk and American roots music, uniquely weaving basic music theory concepts, interactive song learning, and social music playing, with an emphasis on improvisation and soloing. Through the selected repertoire, you’ll learn hidden or obscure stories of musicians and artists of color who greatly influenced American popular music, as well as the historical and social context of each song and composer.
Where
King Street Station
303 S Jackson Street, Room 112
Seattle, WA 98104Teaching Artist
Shane Des EnfantsLevel
Total beginners to intermediate playersKing Street Station (2nd Floor)September 17, 2026 (1 event) - Drop-In Hours
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September 17, 2026Drop-In Hours
Thursdays, 4-6 pmStop by for Drop-In Hours! Check out our space, practice with our instruments, get coaching, and be in a musical community space. Come and go at any time.
The sessions are catered to the requests of the students who show up. In the past that has looked like 1-on-1 skills coaching, music theory lessons, jam sessions, and more!
Drop-in hours are free and no registration is required. Just show up!
Where
King Street Station
303 S Jackson Street, Room 112
Seattle, WA 98104Teaching Artist
Jed Crisologo and other Rhapsody Teaching ArtistsLevel
All levels!King Street Station (2nd Floor)September 22, 2026 (1 event) - Vocal Rhapsody I
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September 22, 2026Vocal Rhapsody I
Tuesdays, 4 -6 pmDiscover, expand, and refine your vocal abilities in these weekly workshops that are focused on singing and anchored in somatics (your internal physical perception and experience), culture, and heritage.
To get a taste of the repertoire that is likely be included in your classes, check out this playlist.
Where
King Street Station
303 S Jackson St, Room 112
Seattle, WA 98104Teaching Artists
Briar and Liz CastilloLevel
Total beginners to experienced singers who want to strengthen vocal foundations and build community.King Street Station (2nd Floor)September 23, 2026 (1 event) - Guitar, Ukulele, Bass: Beginner to Intermediate
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September 23, 2026Guitar, Ukulele, Bass: Beginner to Intermediate
Wednesdays, 4-6 pmJoin us to learn guitar, bass, or ukulele in a welcoming and flexible learning environment for beginning and intermediate students. In addition to learning songs, students will gain a number of essential technical skills on their instrument while learning the historical context of the music.
We’ll explore blues, jazz, folk and American roots music, uniquely weaving basic music theory concepts, interactive song learning, and social music playing, with an emphasis on improvisation and soloing. Through the selected repertoire, you’ll learn hidden or obscure stories of musicians and artists of color who greatly influenced American popular music, as well as the historical and social context of each song and composer.
Where
King Street Station
303 S Jackson Street, Room 112
Seattle, WA 98104Teaching Artist
Shane Des EnfantsLevel
Total beginners to intermediate playersKing Street Station (2nd Floor)September 24, 2026 (1 event) - Drop-In Hours
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September 24, 2026Drop-In Hours
Thursdays, 4-6 pmStop by for Drop-In Hours! Check out our space, practice with our instruments, get coaching, and be in a musical community space. Come and go at any time.
The sessions are catered to the requests of the students who show up. In the past that has looked like 1-on-1 skills coaching, music theory lessons, jam sessions, and more!
Drop-in hours are free and no registration is required. Just show up!
Where
King Street Station
303 S Jackson Street, Room 112
Seattle, WA 98104Teaching Artist
Jed Crisologo and other Rhapsody Teaching ArtistsLevel
All levels!King Street Station (2nd Floor)September 29, 2026 (1 event) - Vocal Rhapsody I
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September 29, 2026Vocal Rhapsody I
Tuesdays, 4 -6 pmDiscover, expand, and refine your vocal abilities in these weekly workshops that are focused on singing and anchored in somatics (your internal physical perception and experience), culture, and heritage.
To get a taste of the repertoire that is likely be included in your classes, check out this playlist.
Where
King Street Station
303 S Jackson St, Room 112
Seattle, WA 98104Teaching Artists
Briar and Liz CastilloLevel
Total beginners to experienced singers who want to strengthen vocal foundations and build community.King Street Station (2nd Floor)September 30, 2026 (1 event) - Guitar, Ukulele, Bass: Beginner to Intermediate
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September 30, 2026Guitar, Ukulele, Bass: Beginner to Intermediate
Wednesdays, 4-6 pmJoin us to learn guitar, bass, or ukulele in a welcoming and flexible learning environment for beginning and intermediate students. In addition to learning songs, students will gain a number of essential technical skills on their instrument while learning the historical context of the music.
We’ll explore blues, jazz, folk and American roots music, uniquely weaving basic music theory concepts, interactive song learning, and social music playing, with an emphasis on improvisation and soloing. Through the selected repertoire, you’ll learn hidden or obscure stories of musicians and artists of color who greatly influenced American popular music, as well as the historical and social context of each song and composer.
Where
King Street Station
303 S Jackson Street, Room 112
Seattle, WA 98104Teaching Artist
Shane Des EnfantsLevel
Total beginners to intermediate playersKing Street Station (2nd Floor)
