Creative Music Workshops

COMA 2007
Contemporary Music Festival Summer School 2007.
Doncaster College, High Melton campus, South Yorkshire, UK
Saturday 21 - Saturday 28 July, 2007

"For everyone with an enthusiasm for new music.
A celebration of new music through performance, composition and concerts by course participants and visiting artists.
For musicians and composers at all levels." Age 18+

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Tutors for 2007

Joby Burgess (percussion)
Phil Cashian (composition)
Mary Dullea (piano)
Brian Irvine (instrumental ensembles and improvisation)
Sarah Leonard (voices)
Robin Michael (strings)
Stephen Montague (instrumental ensembles)
Dominic Murcott (electroacoustic composition)

Residential/non residential options inc. en-suite and camping.

Contact: www.coma.org

Developing Creative Expression: The Walden School Musicianship Course for Music Educators

7-13 August 2007

Located at the Dublin school in Dublin, New Hampshire

Email: teachers@waldenschool.org

Music for People
Goshen.CT, USA & Kiental, Switzerland

MfP, offering workshops in music improvisation for almost 20 years, is dedicated to re-vitalizing music making for individuals and groups and to promoting music as a means of self-expression

Music for People offers the following music workshops during the year:

Adventures in Improvisation
For musicians and musical explorers of all levels

Improvisors Camp
For musicians and musical explorers of all levels

Musicianship and Leadership
4-level training program for people wanting to lead music workshops, learn about music improvisation, or deepen their musical expression

Musicianship and Leadership Program- Europe
Training program at Kiental, Switzerland

Art of Improvisation
For intermediate and advanced musicians--no experience in improvisation is necessary

Art of Improvisation- Children's Program
For children 7-15 with a year's experience playing an instrument

www.musicforpeople.org/

Benslow Music Trust
(Hitchin, UK)

At the Trust's house in Hitchin, the Benslow Music Trust runs a wide range of courses for amateur musicians, throughout the year. Several of these have a creative focus.

Example:

Jazz Piano: an Introduction to Playing and Teaching
Tutor: Charles Beale

21-23 September, 2007

A practical introduction to jazz improvisation, aimed at classical piano teachers with little or no jazz experience. Explore how to use and put together rhythm, melody and harmony in different jazz styles. Gain the confidence to teach improvisation and learn how to incorporate it into your teaching. This intensive weekend course will be based on the ABRSM syllabus and directed by Charles Beale, examiner and author of Jazz Piano from Scratch.

Resident £170 Non-Resident £135

Improvisation on the Violin
Billy Thompson

2-4 November, 2007

Look at different styles of improvisation on the violin -gypsy jazz, standard jazz, song accompaniment, blues and rock. Jamming until all hours is not compulsory but is very likely! You are asked to prepare Autumn Leaves in G minor. Violinists with improvisation experience, and those new to improvisation of minimum Grade 6 standard are equally welcome. Free spaces, on a non-resident basis with the possibility to be resident, may be offered to guitarists and a bassist who want to form a rhythm section.

Resident: £175 Non-Resident £140

Contact: www.benslow.org/contact.html

SHAREMUSIC
UK & Sweden

Creative Courses in Performing Arts For People
Of All Physicalities

"Open to everyone, suitable for newcomers and experienced participants..., SHAREMUSIC is a truly total art, total theatre in which everything counts. It is inspired by principles of access and inclusion. The courses provide a friendly and supportive environment within which participants feel free to contribute. The raw excitement that results, combined with the exhilaration of intensive creativity is an unmissable experience."

Details: www.sharemusic.org.uk

Adrianne Greenbaum teaches
Klezmer Flute at KlezKanada
Camp B'Nai Brith - Lantier Quebec
August 20-27, 2006

Klezmer, traditional Jewish instrumental music that originated in the wedding music of Eastern Europe, is an exciting and improvisatory kind of music that comes from the heart. In recent years, it has attracted the attention of all sorts of musicians, fascinated by its exotic sounds and touched by its emotional expression. Flutists of varied abilities can explore this music, in classes taught by Adrianne Greenbaum, at KlezKanada, August 20-27, 2006. (http://www.klezkanada.com)

You can find out more about klezmer flute, or contact Adrianne, at her website:

http://www.klezmerflute.com

More Music in Morecambe (UK)

projects and events that are open to people of all ages, skills, social and cultural backgrounds (Morecambe, England)

Percussion Workshops

Song-writing Workshops

Singing Workshops

Sound Technology Workshops

Inset for Teachers

email: enquiries@mormusic.net