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Thank you for checking out my summer camp! This 4-lesson summer camp meets twice weekly for 2 weeks. Your child will learn to improvise on the piano while learning important piano skills.

This course is a follow-up to my "Piano Summer Camp: Creative Blues Improvisation (Ages 8-12)" course. If you haven't taken that class yet, please check it out first! 

This course will be more tailored to your specific blues interests and needs. Throughout the course we will cover the following topics: 

Lesson 1: Blues Review: During this lesson we'll review all of the major concepts learned in the first blues summer camp. The teacher will conduct an informal assessment and talk with you about what you'd like to accomplish in this course. 
Lesson 2: Advanced Rhythms: This lesson will be tailored to your specific needs and interests. We might work on swing or syncopated rhythms, blues shuffle, or advanced rhythmic elements.
Lesson 3: Left Hand Patterns: This lesson will be tailored to your specific needs and interests. We might work on power chords, the 12-bar blues chord progressions, or advanced blues left-hand patterns.
Lesson 4: Leveling-Up the Right Hand: This lesson will be tailored to your specific needs and interests. We might work on note groupings, trills and tremolos, or famous blues licks and riffs.

Growing up, I would have given anything for blues piano lessons. I am grateful for the years of traditional piano instruction I personally received, but I would have given anything to jam like the greats. Receiving my first boogie piano instruction book was one of the great turning points in my life.  In this class, I try to pass on exactly that: an introduction to the creative side of blues piano. 

I believe that students learn best by doing. While I model all of the skills taught, the majority of the camp will be spent with the students experimenting in a safe environment and receiving instant feedback. Students will learn to improvise by improvising. 

This is a learner-directed class There are no prerequisites for the class and no prior piano experience is required. As such, some students will come into the class and learn their first note on the piano during the first lesson! 

Other students may come in with years of traditional piano lessons under the belt, seeking improvisation instruction. Those students might learn different skills the first week. I will assess each individual student within the first lesson and provide learner-directed, differentiated lessons. 

I’ve had a really great experience learning how to improvise, and I’m excited to pass this on to you. I look forward to seeing you there!