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Teaching
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I offer lessons in saxophone, drum kit, composition & Western European music theory, as well as workshops for groups of any level of experience. Scroll down on this page for info about my qualifications and different areas I'm able to teach in.
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Contact
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Please feel free to get in touch with any questions - I have a gmail address with the username unhearable.chords.
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Qualifications & Training
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I received my Bachelor of Music with First Class Honours in 2015, specialising in Composition & Music Technology.
Other training & experience: Private tuition with Michael Pisaro & Antoine Beuger, further studies at Australian Art Orchestra Creative Music Intensive, Ensemble Offspring Hatched Academy, Sonic Mmabolela, Noongar Language and Culture Course (Curtin University), Composit Festival, Speak Percussion Emerging Artists Program, Perth Festival Lab, Composers Meet Composers, and others. |
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Workshops
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I've given workshops at the Australian National University (Canberra), Monash University (Melbourne), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, La Salle College of the Arts (Singapore), SEGi University (Kuala Lumpur), Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kuala Lumpur), All Saints College (Perth), and at various venues and festivals around Australia and South-East Asia. I also organise the biannual site-specific improvisation workshop Sounding Together. My workshops have focused on improvisation, listening and on playing indeterminate scores, and can be tailored to both amateur or non-musicians as well as experienced players and composers.
I have honed my skills on communicating complex ideas through lecturing in Australian Music History and Music Techniques (20th Century) at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, where I also direct a first-year composer's ensemble called Listener. I was also director of Tura New Music's iMprov Workshop program and have facilitated and directed over thirty workshops concerning improvised music practice. |
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Saxophone
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I'm able to offer open-ended lessons to beginners as well as explore advanced contemporary techniques with more experienced players (slaptonguing, circular breathing, air noises, multiphonics, growling, instrument modification, strategies for improvising).
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Drum Kit
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I have played drums for seventeen years and am happy to take students of all ages to experience playing this joyful instrument. Focus on developing solid technical foundations while ensuring improvisation and listening skills are developed from the very beginning.
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Composition
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I am happy to teach composition to students of all ages. My particular specialisation is in the field of experimental music, and I am eager to share knowledge around indeterminate scoring, tuning systems, field recording, composer-performer concepts, re-imagined instruments, electro-acoustic techniques and analysis of contemporary and experimental music. I also have a strong grounding in 12-tone and expressionist music techniques - I teach analysis of this music at WAAPA - and am happy to share those with interested folks as well.
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Western European Music Theory |
I'm happy to help students through the AMEB theory syllabus or otherwise compliment an existing music theory education with a focus on aural training, sight-singing and developing strong fundamentals for understanding the theoretical basis of Western European art music.
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