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Songwriting Workshop - level 2

Songwriting 1 & Songwriting Workshop are taught by Keppie Coutts, who has over 7 years’ experience teaching through award-winning Berklee Online. Keppie has additionally pioneered remote live delivery of songwriting courses in higher education through Collarts in Melbourne, and is thrilled to offer both Songwriting courses live and online. Songwriting Workshop will build upon Songwriting 1, covering more advanced concepts in lyric, melody, chord writing, and song forms in... [More]

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Music Theatre Craft (15-22yrs)

This exciting musical theatre course for students 15-22 years will cover musical theatre performance both as an ensemble and as a soloist. Concentrating on repertoire choice, vocal technique, text interpretation, character study and stage physicality, students will learn how to bring characters to life and work as a team in the music theatre ensemble, as well as finding their spotlight as individuals. Come and explore the genre of musical theatre in a fun and safe environment where... [More]

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Live Sound

This course will provide an introduction to live sound production, including: Principles and building blocks of a sound system Microphones and mixers Loudspeakers Front of House and monitors External signal processing - EQ, compression and Effects Sound system operation h3. WHAT STUDENTS SAY ABOUT THIS COURSE The tutor's real-world experience was invaluable. I was able to get answers to questions about problems I had encountered in live sound scenarios. Great value for money. [More]

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Film Music Exposé - The Enquiring Listener

FILM MUSIC EXPOSE - THE ENQUIRING LISTENER Music has a powerful emotional impact, perhaps no more clearly displayed than in music composed for film. In this ninety minute workshop, we will explore the four main functions of film music through an investigation of a selection of film music excerpts. The excerpts will be taken from a variety of classic and contemporary films of differing genres, from action films, to science fiction, drama, thrillers, animation, multicultural films... [More]

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Make it Groove: DAW drum tracks

A rhythm centric masterclass with Luke Warren on making your programmed MIDI drums and basslines groove. From rhythmic techniques to sound choice and design, as well as production and mixing tips to enhance the feel and groove of your music. This workshop will be demonstrated in Ableton Live, but the concepts and techniques can be emulated and applied in any DAW or even hardware based workflows eg. Logic, Studio One, Bitwig, Cubase, Reason or Pro Tools. If you are keen on Ableton... [More]

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Chord Progressions Decrypted

This workshop is designed to assist both instrumentalists and vocalists understand and master the common chord progressions that they encounter every day. Using several real-world examples from various popular genres, students will gain valuable insights into song structures that will accelerate their repertoire-learning skills and provide new options for improvisation and composition. If you’ve ever wondered “how did they come up with that?”, then this workshop is for you. If you... [More]

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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... [More]

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Blues Guitar

Blues Guitar will look into the Blues Form and discuss the cadence, primary chords, associated scales, tensions and stress points of the harmony and melody. This course will look at variations to the basic progression and discuss the various sub genres such as Delta, Chicago, Texas Blues and more. The course will also present and analyse transcribed solos and look into the sounds and effects created by a few notable Blues guitarist players. In addition, a presentation of more... [More]

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Composing for Film

Held over eight sessions, Emma Greenhill will explore different aspects of Film music, as well as provide opportunities for practical composition in different film contexts. The Emma will share her extensive scoring experience covering an eclectic range of film and music knowledge The course includes in-depth analysis of the film scoring process and techniques, and will span various film music genres and their idiosyncrasies and traditions. These sessions will also give insights... [More]

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Sydney Con Jazz Festival

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL Held over one day the Sydney Con Jazz Festival is a boutique jazz festival presented in conjunction with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the Open Academy at the Con and Sydney Improvised Music Association. Sydney Con Jazz Festival 2024 line-up of artists is drawn from the cream of Australian jazz plus some of the best international musicians currently staying in Australia. The festival is designed to be affordable, accessible and show case the best of Jazz... [More]