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Kids at the Con School Holiday Workshops - 6-10 year olds
Kids at the Con School Holiday Workshops (6-10yrs) run for 5 hours each day, from 9am to 2pm. Activities include pitch and rhythm work using tuned and un-tuned percussion instruments, active listening activities, and the opportunity to make your own instrument. Parents/guardians are welcome to drop off their children in the morning, and return at 1.45pm for a ‘mini performance’ of the children’s activities from the workshop. There will be two short breaks for morning tea and lunch...
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Kids at the Con School Holiday Workshops - 3 year olds
Our youngest participants will explore the musical concepts of pitch, beat, and tempo through creative play and a range of unconscious learning activities. Listening and motor skills will be engaged through echo singing, movement, imitation,playing percussion instruments, and musical games. This workshop will run for 50-minutes each session and will be taken by tutor Vanessa Hill. Parents/guardians are welcome to sit in this workshop with their children. Material presented in this...
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Kids at the Con School Holiday Workshops - 4-5 year olds
Activities in this workshop will be similar to the workshop for 3-4’s, but at a slightly faster pace and targeted to match the higher levels of the older participants. More complex rhythmic activities and listening exercises will be presented, including call and response singing and musical signal recognition. This workshop will run for 50-minutes each session and will be taken by tutor Vanessa Hill. Parents/guardians are encouraged to sit in on this workshop. Material presented in...
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Kids at the Con School Holiday Workshops - 5-6 year olds
Kids at the Con School Holiday Workshops (5-6yrs) run for 3 hours and are designed to provide extended activities for the slightly older age group. In this fun and engaging workshop children will develop musical skills and learning through games and creative activities using singing, movement, active listening and playing tuned and untuned percussion instruments. Learn a tune on a xylophone, play rhythms on a drum and experiment with tone colours and sounds to enhance story...
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Contemporary Vocal Studio - Audition
A short audition will be conducted for this course You will need to enrol for the audition. Please prepare: a verse and a chorus from 2 contrasting songs (eg a ballad and an uptempo song) to be sung a cappella. There will also be some vocal exercises to be given on the day. Should you be successful, you will be emailed after the audition date with a link to enrol in the class itself. The Contemporary Vocal Studio is designed to further develop the skills of vocal students. This...
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Soul Ensemble -Audition
These classes are designed to introduce the student to a broad range of classic Soul and Rhythm ’n’ Blues music styles. Key features of this broad genre are revealed through the performance of historically important repertoire from the 1950s/60s/70s through to the present era. Vocalists gain experience singing both lead and harmony parts, while rhythm section players learn to create authentic grooves that will move an audience. Horn players learn to work as a section, punctuating...
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Jazz Ensembles - Audition
These classes are designed for students who wish to develop confident improvisation, aural and sight reading skills. They provide an ensemble-based environment for the development of personal jazz skills, along with an understanding of the dynamics at work in a small performance group. Typically there will be drums, electric bass, piano, horns (trumpet, alto, tenor) and guitar as the usual line-up. Other instruments are welcome (vibes, flute etc). During the term: Drummers will...
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Piano for Beginners Level 1
Never played piano before? Keen to learn? Piano for Beginners Level 1 is a group class designed for the absolute beginner. By the end of the course you will be able to find your way around the keyboard, play simple tunes and accompaniments and understand the basics of good piano technique. Over 8 weeks, students will be taken through an intensive course of note reading, finger training and exploration of basic piano literature, as well as basic ensemble playing. Level 1 will cover...
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Contemporary Singer
This is an engaging and interactive class for singers with a passion for contemporary music of all styles. Students will learn basic singing skills and techniques designed to develop their voices and confidence, including exercises to improve their range, dynamic ability and performance skills. Students will have the opportunity to sing individually with Jo in order to focus on the areas that are most important to each student’s individual development. These individual workshops...
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Jazz Piano: First Steps Level 2
Students will be extending the knowledge and skills that they gained in the level 1 course. By studying classic jazz tunes from the Great American Songbook and by many of the jazz masters, students will develop a deeper understanding of jazz harmony as well as melodies and rhythms unique to the jazz idiom. The skills of voicing chords and voice leading will be developed further as well as learning jazz language to help with improvisation and jazz feel. Different styles, including...
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$555
Limited
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Jazz Piano: First Steps Level 2
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This is a face to face class held in our piano lab at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
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