Learning to play the piano with chords and lead sheets is a new skill for many pianists who have largely been taught to be note readers and interpreters of the masters.    When you have your own creative skills, the classical music world opens up as does the jazz and pop worlds.  Piano Boot Camp immerses you in this experience and you will emerge with a new confidence at the piano. 

     Beginner classes work on basic beautiful lead sheets with 3 - 4 note chords and voicings.  Using these lead sheets, we focus on foundational piano skills, active listening, starter improvisation, and ensemble playing.  Ideal for beginner pianists, singers, and other instrumentalists who wish to have a basic command of the piano. 

    More Advanced classes work on interpreting lead sheets, critical listening, improvisation, more advanced piano chords, licks, comping and ensemble playing.  Ideal for piano players who can play hands together comfortably and those that have taken traditional piano exams from grade 4 - 10 (and beyond).

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    Piano Teacher only classes.  Feel comfortable with the new RCM lead sheet options for exams, prepare your teen students for jazz band at high school, teach retired adults to play the music from their youth.  In addition to the lead sheet and improvising classes, there are pedagogy classes for piano teachers only.  You will gain experience teaching lead sheet chord voicings, teaching improvisation (even if you haven’t done it before!) and teaching adults and teens in a group setting.  

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NEW this year: bring your own keyboard... what do all those buttons on our keyboards do?

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We’ll have classes on how to get the most out of your keyboard for playing and teaching.  In addition, you will have the opportunity to try the new narrow key pianos which allow small handed pianists to experience playing the big chords than only large handed pianists can play.