Stand old music definitions on their heads, and learn to express yourself in exciting new ways. More than ever before, you have more musical opportunities -- more options for self-fulfillment and self-satisfaction. This is about breaking free and exploring new adventures. Music has advanced more in the last ten years than the previous seven hundred years.
Music isn't a process, it is an attitude. Live a full vibrant, musical life. Sing and play the piano with all your spiritual being. Come join the celebration. You will welcome "straight from-the-hip" advice from Susan Swenson, a person who has been there and back.
Are you landing or taking off? When you can make a positive difference in your life, you feel good about yourself. Make Music a positive, experience! This program is an extraordinary method, savvy discussion and direction about challenging, complex issues. It is not convoluted and flat boring like most music courses. You will not learn to read, write music in "little snippets". You will understand the whole, much faster and effective. Individually designed lessons for beginners or advanced musicians are personal, creative, and technical challenges. Instruction focuses on the system, not only music parts, but how it all fits together.
Each Lesson provides a rich mix of practical information combined with the newest skill and techniques. You will experience in-depth tutorials, video and audio DVD and CD's formatted to hasten your advancement and challenge curiosity. Lessons are video taped at various times so students can acknowledge their progress and achievements. As one can not always remember all aspects of a lesson, your personal lesson films refresh and remind. DVD recorded lessons speed learning and self-discovery. Watching oneself in a TV monitor as the lesson progresses helps a student overcome stage fright and gain confidence and self-awareness. Individual included Karaoke CDs promote practice and performance.
The finest possible instruments, a nine-foot Concert Grand Steinway D and a six foot plus Baldwin Grand piano, plus professional high tech, audio and recording equipment occupy the studios.
Student evaluation occurs during the first four weeks of instruction to consider qualification as a candidate and determine individual level of curriculum. Piano and voice instruction for all age levels is unique, structured to develop each personal style. An Academic process applies to all types of music. Students master harmony and technical aspects while playing and singing music of their choice. A person can learn to read, hear notes and chords and ultimately play, sing, compose, or interpret music in their own way.
In order to achieve a level of concentration required to learn music skills, lessons are one-to-one. There is no child care facility at the studio.
A voice student does not need to develop keyboard dexterity. However, an electronic keyboard will help you to master pitch location, harmonic intervals, and sight singing.
Necessary instruction materials are available to purchase at links on the Music links page. Over a period, a student acquires assignment, method, theory, exercise books, and sheet music. To advance your creative knowledge and skills along the way, you will explore various music DVD's, current CD's, and Susan Swenson lectures from AAM library.
Private forty-five minute instruction is once a week, or four times a month. Special lessons are available for auditions, problems, or performance critique.
A student completes a song lists of favorite performers. If a person can not attend a lesson, no one else is scheduled in their time slot. Susan also films a duplicate copy of part of each student's lesson. When a student is not present, she reviews previous lessons to determine what skills need to be presented at the next lesson. She selects songs from the preferred song list, locates sheet music and backup tracks, chooses DVD performances from the library to view . Future lessons are programmed for each individual.
Contacting potential students on a waiting list is difficult. The schedule is a Rubric's cube. Enrolled students have first choice when an opening is available. The first person to accept an open time slot secures it. Instruction is Monday through Friday 1:00 to 9:00 PM. You can E-mail a request to aamtriplearts@AOL.com.
One can enjoy success by attending lessons on a regular basis and committing to practice. A
musician may take liberties according to artistic discrimination when he or she masters technical abilities. Musicianship is not difficult if learned one step at a time with regular, reinforced, motivated intervals. Students who miss more than two lessons in succession or do not practice the skills presented may not continue.
Susan works extra hours preparing your lesson. Also, you may be referred to agents for play productions, movies, television extra or commercials, performances in local venues, or various pageants and competitions. Susan helps each student acquire their aspirations. Students can also enjoy festive "Get-togethers", and Karaoke sing-along events at AAM studio.
AAM events include family and friends, a wonderful opportunity to meet new people and enjoy music. Although the occasion is available, a student does not have to perform. Music provides many hours of fulfilling enjoyment shard with loved ones, friends, or solitary delight.
Tuition is usually $62.50 for a 45 minute lesson, $250 a month, except the first and last lesson months which determine the number of weeks charged. However, during today's Special: those who enroll now are eligible for a $1.00 a minute tuition rate. 30 minutes = $30, 45 = $45, and 60= $60. The special rate will stay in effect as long as you are consecutively enrolled. If you drop out and reschedule at a later date, you will be charged the current rate. Students who prefer to pay by check receive a statement before the first of the month. Those who choose to pay by credit card receive a statement with the receipt enclosed after the first of the month. The whole month payment is due before the first of the month, before the first lesson. Tuition includes missed or canceled lessons. No makeup lessons are available. Every other week or family discount terms are not an option.
You have come to the right place to stay on top of exciting new music technology. You will be proud of your achievements.
The best way to become a musician is to "be a musician". The key to success is experience, knowledge, and imagination. LUCK is being prepared, in the right place, at the right time, on purpose. If at first you do not reach your desired goal, be patient, don't become discouraged. You are entering an adventure that has been around for over one thousand years. With each project, your ability and confidence will improve. Create an image of the music you want to live, and that picture will become a fact.
The mind of a beginner is an open channel for genius. The "open minded" novice can look at a situation with fresh eyes and get down to the essentials with confidence. The art of teaching is to open the mind, to guide, and provide the opportunity while a student teaches him or her self. Galileo said, "You can not teach a man anything. You can only help him find it within himself."
