We consider students of all ages, from youngest child to oldest adult. Call for questions or more details, or to schedule an appointment with the principal, David Payne.
801-502-5501or email:
rockandrollacademy@gmail.comPlease read before contacting:
The tenents of our program are:
1. Development of multi-instrumental musical FLUENCY, through in-depth study of music theory, technique, language, and tradition.
2. This, facilitated through the composition of ORIGINAL teacher/student composed duets, with the development of a life-long love of personal expression through music as the ultimate goal, and with rewarding and fullfilling performance opportunities as the immediate side-effect (we perform regularly).
3. This is continued through identical work as a three-piece ensemble (or "power trio") consisting of one instructor and two students.
4. Continued again with larger ensembles if appropriate.See sidebar for what some of our students have worked on in the past, or are still working on currently
About Our Method
Please read carefully before contactingThe traditional music-teaching assumption is that, as a student develops musical skill, it naturally leads to a love of further music study and love of the creative process.
After a decade of watching an extreme minority of students excel, while the vast majority of students slowly learn that they hate the study of music, or that is has no function outside of lessons, we believe that assumption to be false.
We believe that the reverse is true: that the love for studying music and a love of the creative process is foundational, and is what motivates the student's desire to further develop their musical skills.
So we teach in this strict order of priority:
1. We teach what is physically involved, and the attitudes required, to fully enjoy the moments spent working on music, and the love of music as an art form at it's most fundamental levels. LOVE of practicing the instrument is an ABSOLUTE PREREQUISITE for further work (rather than the ABILITY to practice, which everyone has, and almost everyone naturally abhores). We teach how to love practicing, composing, thinking, and working.
We study the FUNCTION of music (i.e. as a utility for personal expression), and how to develop confidence and a strong personal identity as an effective and expressive artist. It is ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL that the student becomes self actualized, and can enjoy music outside of lessons and into the future, for us to not feel like we're wasting our time and your money. We teach this self-actualization (with the firm belief that the long-term function of music in anyone's life will be primarily as a utility for personal expression).
2 . We provide in-depth instruction in music theory, technique, language, and tradition. We believe that any long-lasting effect we will have on the student will be through the development of their MUSICAL FLUENCY, rather than their ability to recite their reportoir. For the vast majority of people, recitation does not bring long-lasting joy, yet EVERYONE enjoys problem solving, thinking, executing and expressing their skills in creative ways. We don't aspire to make guitarists, keyboardists and drummers, or even limit ourselves to producing competent readers. We want to make THINKING MUSICIANS who can create their own music, play other's music, organize their own bands, play in other's bands, and perform solo.Our desire is that all students, at all skill levels, and with all personalities, attention spans, and demeanors, can learn to embrace music as a meaningful part of their lives: as an applicable, real, life-long-lasting skill-set that can be used to relieve tension, bring pleasure, express feelings for which there is no other vocabulary, build self-worth and strong identity, maintain self-esteem, leave a mark on thier peers and culture at large, build friendships, develop inter-personal skills, and work artistically in a group with others (there are NO substitutes for the interpersonal dynamism that exists in the modern creative music ensemble).
TUITION DETAILS
Our current rates are 30$ for 45 minute private lessons (usually attended weekly, 4 times a month, paid as a 120$ monthly tuition, with an aggressive make-up policy compensating for arising scheduling conflicts).
25$ for 1 instructor/2 student group ensemble, subject to private teachers approval-- to be attended in conjunction with private lessons, or after a month of private lessons during which teacher adjudication occurs. (this is also attended weekly, 4 times a month, paid as a 100$ monthly tuition).
Private lessons taken in conjuction with group ensemble is highly recomended (for 220$ monthly), but either private lessons or group ensemble alone are also great (for 120$/mo or 100$/mo whichever is chosen). Private lessons and group ensemble both have regular opportunities to perform publicly (as either teacher/student duets, or "power trio" full bands, respectively), and we aspire to fully document and record all student work, of course. All instructors are competent recording engineers, of course.
We consider students of all ages, from youngest child to oldest adult. Call for questions or more details, or to schedule an appointment with the principal, David Payne.
801-502-5501email:
rockandrollacademy@gmail.com
