4-Session Piano Workshops
Not offered in 2020
Popular Music Keyboard
(Novice Level)
(age 16+)
Not offered in 2020
For adults who can already play piano/keyboard (with good piano technique: strong fingerings, left/right hand independence, fluency with major, minor, 7th chords, scales, and can play in major & minor keys up to 3 sharps/flats) who want to learn how to play popular music authentically: i.e., adapting sheet music, playing from fake books, and playing by ear.
Topics: chord variations and inversions, fills, interlocked right/left hand patterns (including LH octave bass and passing notes). Primary emphasis: creating stylistically appropriate grooves and variations with reference to particular repertoire in a variety of current and past popular music styles.
(Special advice/tips will be shared with any teachers, music therapists or community musicians taking the workshop.)
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WORKSHOP COST: $65 (inc. HST) for 4 sessions, includes all materials presented in sessions
Popular Music Keyboard
(Intermediate Level)
(age 16+)
Not offered in 2020
For adults who have taken the Novice Level workshop.
Topics: additional chord variations and inversions, fills, independent bass parts, improvisation patterns and strategies. Emphasis will be upon creating stylistically appropriate grooves and variation with reference to repertoire in a variety of current and past popular music styles, all rooted in therapeutic techniques & goals.
(Special advice/tips will be shared with any teachers, music therapists or community musicians taking the workshop.)
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WORKSHOP COST: $65 (inc. HST) for 4 sessions, includes all materials presented in sessions (PDFs of instructional sheets & PowerPoint slides, audio links, demonstration audio, plus recordings of sessions)
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Classic Rock/Pop Piano Hits (Pt 1)
(age 16+)
Not offered in 2020
For adults with proficiency with popular pianos techniques (e.g., as described in Novice Level and Intermediate Level workshops) and an overall technical proficiency no less than a Grade 6 RCM level. Familiarity with chord symbols / types (major, minor, all 7ths, diminished and augmented chords) strongly recommended, and fluency in keys up to 4 sharps/ flats.
You will learn to play 5 Classic Rock/Pop songs in their original keys, with all of the nuances: Let It Be & Hey Jude (The Beatles), Imagine (John Lennon), Your Song & Crocodile Rock (Elton John).
WORKSHOP COST: $65 (inc. HST) for 4 sessions, includes all materials presented in sessions.
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Classic Rock/Pop Piano Hits (Pt 2)
(age 16+)
Not offered in 2020
)For adults with proficiency with popular pianos techniques (e.g., as described in Novice Level and Intermediate Level workshops) and an overall technical proficiency no less than a Grade 6 RCM level. Familiarity with chord symbols / types (major, minor, all 7ths, diminished and augmented chords) strongly recommended, and fluency in keys up to 4 sharps/ flats.
This workshop is designed to build upon and extend techniques explored in Classic Rock/Pop Piano (Pt 1). You will learn to play 6 Classic Rock/Pop songs in their original keys, with all of the nuances: Lady Madonna & The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles), Daniel (Elton John), Just The Way You Are & My Life (Billy Joel) and Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel).
WORKSHOP COST: $65 (inc. HST) for 4 sessions, includes all materials presented in sessions.