Tuition is based at Foxton, Leicestershire, but home visits are available. Sessions are between 30, 60 and 90 minutes duration depending on programme and skills level.
Piano & Vocal Tuition
Piano for beginners
Piano lessons from grade 1 to grade 5 ABRSM, Rock School or equivalent, popular and classical music. Piano lessons include learning new music, developing and extending repertoire, scales and technical exercises, aural skills, sight reading, music theory, improvisation and composing for piano.
The learning outcomes will include a weekly personal session plan and practice routine as well as extended listening projects and research.
The ethos of the sessions is learning through structured activity, creativity and in the enjoyment of personal achievement.
Vocal coaching
ABRSM grade 1 to grade 5, Rock School or equivalent, popular, classical music and musical theatre. Vocal coaching sessions include repertoire development, warming up and technical exercises, extending vocal range and sonority, aural skills, music theory and sight reading.
The learning outcomes will include a weekly personal session plan and practice routine as well as extended listening projects and research.
The ethos of the sessions is the attainment of personal confidence, the gaining of skills and a wide variety of performance styles.
Email: nick@nickredfern.co.uk
Composition & Music Theory Tuition
Music Theory: ABRSM grades 1 to 8.
The learning outcomes will include a weekly personal session plan, independent learning routine and research. Music Theory sessions are 60 minutes duration.
Composition
Composition lessons are in three stages:
Composition skills for the beginner.
This will include gaining vital skills in creative musicianship, structuring musical thoughts through melody, harmony and rhythm, music theory, developing ideas and notational principles. The composer will be guided through a series of sessions which will explore a variety of compositional methods, including the piano, string quartet, solo instrument and songs. Composition skills for beginner sessions are 60 minutes duration.
Intermediate composer.
This level is designed for the composer who has had some basic experience in writing music and is wanting to develop skills that will enable work on a more challenging level. The programme will explore traditional Classical structure and will introduce compositional techniques using a variety of keys and modes. Irrational rhythms will be employed in compositional tasks, along with extended and altered chords. Analysis of major works will be completed and a greater awareness of contemporary music models will be encouraged. Intermediate composer sessions are 60 minutes duration.
Semi-professional composer.
These sessions are designed for the advanced musician who is intending to enter the world of the freelance composer. Learning programmes will be individually designed to enable the student to gain the relevant skills and techniques required to succeed in a highly challenging industry. Sessions will include working on extended forms, employing complex harmonic and rhythmic structures and developing an individual musical language. Composing for orchestra and large choral forces will be explored as well as virtuoso solo works. Semi-professional composer sessions are 60 to 90 minutes duration.
Further study will include familiarity with the leading composers of the 20th and 21st Centuries, research projects and submitting works to reading panels, competitions and composer opportunities.
