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Musical Summer Program 2024

Play Piano by Chords and by Ear!
Online Musical Summer Program Intensive
​(July 8 - August 1, 2024)

- REGISTRATION IS CLOSED - 


Musical Summer 2024 is for anyone who has a basic familiarity with the piano keyboard - note reading is not required! - and also wants to
​learn to play by chords and play with style in a short period of time! 

I have played by ear and by chords all my life, in addition to classical - and through my years of teaching piano, I developed a systemized curriculum to teach playing by chords using an efficient and productive method that includes music theory, which will train and equip you to play any music that you like, and make it sound great!

We will be exploring this topic by harnessing our technologies to facilitate
in-depth and systemized group instruction, coupled with 
individual coaching sessions, which are both catalyzed by
​group learning that is 
interactive, frequent, and dynamic. 
​
Classes will run from Monday through Thursday
​(4 classes per week)
from July 8 through August 1



Program Outline

Song List.  Students will individually create a list of songs they'd personally like to learn by chords/ear this summer, and aim to learn one song/segment per week.  Our Song List Submissions will happen the week prior to the first day of class (can be changed at any time)

We will meet 4 TIMES each week in LIVE ONLINE GROUP CLASSES: 
  • Monday through Thursday at
    ​​​4pm - 4:45pm PST

Our Technique Classes on Mondays and Wednesdays will introduce new technical / kinesthetic skills, and we will practice them together as a class, to help you kinesthetically master and mentally internalize this skill.  Practicing as a group makes practicing easier to do and gives us motivation to keep going and master your core skills!

Then, at our Repertoire/Song Classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, students will overlay the skill they learned onto their individual songs, and see the magic happen! 

Individual coaching sessions.  During class, I will be providing multiple individual coaching sessions by pulling individual students into a Breakout Room with me, so that I can provide hands-on help with crafting individual students' songs.  This help will be more dynamic than Marco Polo video exchanges of last year, and we will be able to meet individually multiple times each week.   

Continued skills and dynamic learning. With a second coach in the virtual classroom helping run our skills drills, students will continue practicing their skills and songs in the group class and also return from individual coaching sessions to share their progress with the group and experience dynamic learning from each other.

Recorded classes available for viewing.  Our group instruction will be recorded and made available to students who miss a class, so that they can view the recording and practice on their own.   ​

Frequent and Interactive

Frequent.  By connecting daily, I will be able to provide ongoing instruction and help students master new kinesthetic skills specific to this topic, and learn new songs quickly.  Compared to classical pieces which require months for mastery, learning and playing by chords can happen quickly if students practice core skills and apply them to new songs each week, with dynamic guidance.  Meeting more frequently for shorter sessions is more effective when learning to play by chords/ear.

Interactive.  Students are able to not only learn from me, but learn from one another, as we practice the same skills but apply them to our various, individual songs.  Seeing is believing!  And having a front row seat to others' learning can inspire our own learning and development.

Online format efficient.  The convenience of connecting online makes meeting multiple times each week possible and easy to do!  We can also harness technologies to enable daily feedback and exchange of ideas throughout the week, which isn't possible with the traditional weekly lesson format, and particularly helpful when you are crafting your own songs! 

New/different skills for playing piano by chords than classical.  Because the skillset required for playing by chords/ear is more broad and less deep than classical piano study, this group learning format is ideal for learning to play by chords in order to experience the variety of ideas and facets of playing. From an instructional standpoint, I am able to provide detailed instruction on new skills in a group setting instead of having to repeat myself extensively in private lesson format, and can instead focus on teaching many new, straight-forward concepts and skills each week during class!

Equipment.  Each student will require a piano/keyboard with a laptop/iPad for this summer course.  

Program Summary & Registration
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Musical Summer Program: Playing by Chords Intensive
  • Program Dates: 
    July 8 thru August 1 - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday classes
    4pm ~ 4:45pm PST 
  • Technique Group Classes on Mondays and Wednesdays 
  • Repertoire/Song Classes with Individual Coaching Sessions on
    Tuesdays and Thursdays
  • Program Goal: 
    By the end of the summer four-week program intensive, students should be proficient in knowing how to play any song they like by chords, using various techniques and strategies to play with style! 

Class registrations are available on a first-come, first-serve basis, and class size is limited to optimize students' interactive learning experience. 
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