🎶 ASL Music Mini Intensive

Live Course | Saturday, October 4, 2025 | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm CT

Join Meredith and Darla for a dynamic 3-hour live session that will teach you how to take a song and translate it into beautiful, expressive American Sign Language. In this special one-day course, you’ll walk step-by-step through the process of analyzing lyrics, writing an ASL gloss, and crafting a performance that captures the emotion and rhythm of the music. Whether you’re signing for fun, for worship, or for your community, this course is designed to help you bring songs to life in ASL.

Reminder: Annual and Lifetime Accelerated members receive 50% off all live courses. To use your discount, visit the “Discounts” page inside Accelerated and copy the code.

What You’ll Learn:

• How to break down a song and create an ASL gloss
• Tools and strategies for making music visually powerful
• Techniques for blending meaning, emotion, and rhythm
• Practice with songs from Oldies, Folk, Pop, and Christmas genres
• How to use classifiers, facial expressions, and timing for dramatic effect

Course Includes:

• A downloadable PDF of the ASL gloss for each song
• A final project (optional): Sign a song of your choice and share it on Padlet with fellow students
• Access to a replay if you can’t attend live

This course is for anyone wanting to learn how to take the ASL you know and apply it to being able to perform or interpret music.

This is not a beginner ASL course, but if you are a beginner and want to learn about how to sign music this course could still be beneficial to learn the method of signing music.

Students will learn how to sign sign the 4 songs covered in the course and receive a PDF of the ASL Gloss.

Each student will have 1 assignment at the conclusion of the live course. Sign the song of your choice and present it to the other students via Padlet.

A student should not expect to be able to sign any song without a pre-existing knowledge of the ASL signs necessary.

By the end of this course, you’ll not only have a deeper understanding of how to interpret songs in ASL but also the ability to infuse them with your unique expression, making music accessible to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community like never before. Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to merge the power of music and sign language. Reserve your spot today!

What is an ASL Gloss? A written or typed approximation of ASL typically using English words as “labels” for each sign along with various grammatical notes.

About Your Teachers

Meredith is a nationally certified interpreter, ASL educator, and the co-founder of Learn How to Sign. With over 20 years of experience teaching ASL and interpreting music in both community and worship settings, Meredith brings clarity, energy, and warmth to everything she teaches.

Meredith Rathbone
Asl Teacher/Interpreter

Darla has been interpreting professionally for over 25 years and holds the highest state and national certifications. She has interpreted countless performances and brings a wealth of musical interpreting experience and cultural depth to this course. Her insight and expressiveness help students unlock the full visual power of ASL.

Darla Lane
ASL Interpreter