What do I teach? 

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• Voice lessons: Healthy, liberating voice technique that is applicable to a variety of styles and genres. We work on extending your range, improving pitch accuracy and strengthening aural and musicianship skills. For any genre you are looking to explore, we dive into phrasing, articulation, expression, timbre and vocal color, and finding your voice within the world of music that you are passionate about. 

• Jazz voice: Diving with focus into the world of jazz vocalists and jazz musicians, learning standards, phrasing and styling, rhythmic artistry, interpretation and personalisation in a range of music styles from swing, to ballads, to Brazilian and Latin and Global music. The world of vocal jazz is our playground.

• Improvisation: Vocal improvisation within the jazz genre. 

• Song writing and composition: From composing a jingle to becoming a fluent lyricist, to writing your own music, we explore different methods of composition, different inspiration sparks and find process to create inspiration to write.

• Beginner to intermediate piano: Scales, chords in all inversions and extending into jazz piano chords, good technique, improving reading and knowledge of theory, ear training, developing strong foundational skills at the piano in order to use the piano as the tool that unlocks your musical ability and to express your musicality and creativity. From beginner through advancing students, we explore a variety of different genres through reading music together, learning how to comfortably read written parts, chord changes and lead sheets and to become functional and expressive pianists with strong foundational knowledge and facility. If you've always wanted to play piano, I can't wait to help you reach your goals. For singers, learn to accompany yourself in a range of styles.

• Interacting with music technology:, how to record yourself, compose in Digital Audio Workspaces, and create, edit and produce your own music (specifically in Logic X) as well as how to write your music into software like Sibelius. How to create effective charts and lead sheets that represents your music accurately.

• Performance skills and preparation: audition and performance/recording preparation and finding your musical confidence.

• Arranging: Learn to arrange music for small-large vocal groups/acapella groups/instrumental small ensembles/vocalist led ensemble/big band or orchestrate it for classical instruments or even odd instruments that you would never even imagine together. Let's take your music or your favorite covers and arrange them into the setting you've always dreamed of. 

• Transcription and Aural Skills: Using transcription as a tool to gain the musical tools you desire for yourself. Learn how to write and analyse your own transcriptions or to transcribe by ear and how these tools help you become the best musician you can be. 

• Teaching singing and piano and directing vocal groups: If you are interested in going into the real of teaching or you already are there and want some fresh ideas/inspiration, I would love to talk all things music education and learning with you! Great teachers make each other better!