Build Your Confidence: Songwriter Open Stage for Teens (Ages 13-18)
Are you a teen musician looking to share your original songs and gain confidence in your performance? Join our weekly Songwriter Open Stage class on Outschool!
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What's included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
1-2 hours per week. Learners will need to bring original music to the class to perform for each other. Due to copyright restrictions, it's important that students understand they can not play other people's music in the group. It takes time to complete a piece of music so I understand they can't bring a song a week. Learners can come to every group meeting to support each other or just to present what part of the song they do have and ask for ideas on how to keep going from the group.Class Experience
Is performing in front of an audience something you're still working on as a young musician? Come and be a part of our weekly Outschool Songwriter Open Stage class! Here, with the help of your peers, you will: Get Your Music Heard: Share your creative music with the world and get honest criticism from your classmates. Discover the Spark: Working with other young songwriters can be a great way to bounce ideas off of each other and maintain a creative flow. Get Over the Block: Learn techniques to complete those challenging songs you've been facing. Feel More Self-Assured: Explore your stage presence by honing your performing abilities and getting the support you need. Anyone from 13 to 18 years old who is interested in making musical connections with other young people will benefit from this program, regardless of their level of expertise as songwriters. Come play with us and discover your hidden musical talent! Each session will be learner-directed and topics or issues to address in songwriting will be decided by the learners. We've explored AI music/lyric generation and use it as a jumping off tool to learn how to structure songs and how to use the tools available to support our creativity. Learners sometimes share audio files if they prerecord their song and that works great for us as well! I will often upload tracks and share them as YouTube links in the class for recorded projects. Also, reminder to set your audio settings in zoom to be the Audio setting Original Sound for Musicians should be selected and then when in class, remember to select it at the top to be ON (this removes noise suppression and allows me to hear your instrument as well as your voice (as well as all your background noise so you need to be in a quiet room). Here is a good tutorial https://youtu.be/bEZMRtrSsYY *This course directly relates to Music Grades 5-12 in the B.C. Ministry of Education's Curricular Core Competencies in particular: Music Theory, Creative Process, Performer/Audience roles, music history, music ethics, technology and vocal technique.
Learning Goals
Students will learn how to give encouraging feedback, present their original works of music and learn from each other!We will explore writing techniques and some music theory.
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Learning Needs
We are a Neuroaffirming Organization! We support learners with different needs and meet them where they are at. We are experienced scribes and enjoy exploring different approaches to writing and creating for each learner.
Parental Guidance
Please remember that these are teenagers writing songs. There may be language warnings and what might be deemed as inappropriate content for some. I will ask each learner to tone down their compositions and to warn the group if the content contains sexual references, offensive language or violent imagery. I would prefer that it doesn't but sometimes songs can be quite emotionally powerful or triggering so please check in with your learner after class.
Also, reminder to set your audio settings in zoom to be the Audio setting Original Sound for Musicians should be selected and then when in class, remember to select it at the top to be ON (this removes noise suppression and allows me to hear your instrument as well as your voice (as well as all your background noise so you need to be in a quiet room).
Supply List
Instrument to accompany. It's tricky singing loudly into a headset or microphone as Zoom has a tendency to cut out. We will just have to work out the optimal set up as we go.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
*This course directly relates to Music Grades 5-12 in the B.C. Ministry of Education's Curricular Core Competencies in particular: Music Theory, Creative Process, Performer/Audience roles, music history, music ethics, technology and vocal technique.
Joined October, 2017
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Teacher expertise and credentials
1 teacher has a Graduate degree
Master's Degree from University of Portsmouth
3 teachers have a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in Education from St Marys University (Twickenham, UK)
Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education from University of Victoria
Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from McGill University, Canada
I have a BMus from McGill, a diploma from Grant McEwan and many years lived experience as a musician. I write songs and perform in a wide range of styles. Thanks :) YvonneReviews
Live Group Class
$15
weekly1x per week
55 min
Completed by 7 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 13-18
2-6 learners per class
