Creative Piano Teaching Workshop - Waterloo, ON

Long & McQuade Waterloo and Mayfair Music Publications invite you to a highly informative Creative Piano Teaching Workshop with Debra Wanless.

Let's Begin Creative Learning
Scientists now believe that children have developed nearly fifty percent of their brain’s capacity by the age of six. Although children have billions of brain cells, educators must turn those cells into usable intelligence through creative learning experiences. Learning through our personal learning style accelerates the learning process and creates better, easier and quicker learning. Using one’s preferred learning style while stimulating less natural skills literally ‘connects the dots’ for all levels of learning.

The new Creative Learning packages by Debra Wanless offer young students fun, inspiring and creative learning concepts. They stimulate audio, visual, tactile and kinetic learners to become confident, eager and well-rounded music students. Creative Learning packages can be ‘mixed and matched’ with all levels and methods of choice – don’t miss this high energy and informative workshop.

Jazzin' Up Your Studio
Bach, Leopold Mozart, even Chopin taught the music of the day and today’s students should have the same privilege. Jazz is the music of the 20th century, growing out of the rags of Scott Joplin during the 1890’s, into big band and swing, to the rock and roll music of the 1950’s and 60’s – inspiring the pop music of today.

Jazz has finally found a stage in traditional music studies. New jazz programs and popular writers like Christopher Norton have more and more students enjoying this popular style. Students are attracted to and inspired by jazz sounds and rhythms. The lush jazz harmonies may also provide a good bridge to contemporary/20th and 21st century music. Canadian composers are providing students with fine jazz works, everything from rags to boogies and blues at all levels. The various styles and historical information within the genre is intriguing and often references traditional music.

This workshop will introduce new Canadian jazz works for all levels and abilities. Debra will discuss approaches and values to learning and teaching swing rhythm, creative improvising, incorporating blues scales into technique and harmonic structure. Using stride bass as a tool in the development of strong kinetic comprehension, a much needed skill for romantic waltzes and building seventh chords outside traditional technique will be included.

Students and teachers will love this dynamic workshop. Debra will share fun and pedagogically sound jazz works for all levels - real student savers!

About Debra Wanless
Debra is an active piano adjudicator, studio teacher, editor and examiner, clinician and composer. She is a pedagogy specialist, whose students have earned the Cora B. Ahrens Award for pedagogy excellence. She holds an A. Mus in piano pedagogy with Conservatory Canada, and a Licentiate and Fellowhip in piano pedagogy with the Northern Lights Canadian National Conservatory of Music plus post-graduate studies in piano performance, theory and piano ensemble. A prolific composer and arranger, Debra’s fresh and inspiring arrangements have been published by The Professional Music Institute in Los Angeles, Waterloo Music and Mayfair Montgomery in Ontario.

Seating for this free clinic, which will include refreshments, prizes and informative discussions, is limited. Call 519-885-4215 or send an email today!