When & Where

Quick Facts

  • Availability Yes
  • Tutor Multiple
  • Course Code W23MPPF08C
  • Suitable For 19 year olds and up are permitted on this course

What you will learn

Designed to build essential performance skills and techniques in the pop and rock idiom, this course is the natural continuation for students with 2 or 3 years’ experience on their instruments.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Improve performance technique
  • Advance your ability to collaborate effectively
  • Explore ways of generating and developing musical ideas as a group
  • Develop the technical knowledge required in order to present your ideas effectively in a live performance situation
  • Work as part of a team to establish and work towards a creative goal

Cost

  • Full fee
    £185
  • Concession fee
    £140
  • Class format and activities

    • Listen to tutor presentation, explanation and presentation• Guided analytical listening and group discussion• Work in a dynamic, creative and supportive environment• Learn to plan evaluate songs in lead sheet form• Use recordings from workshops to improve group rehearsal and individual practice techniques• With the aid of the tutor, explore the stylistic boundaries of a chosen genre

    Entry requirements

    • An open mind when asked to explore different styles within a specific genre• At least 3 years of playing the desired instrument

    What you need to know before you enrol

    This is the third term of the course, places might be limited. Please contact alex.wood@morleycollege.ac.uk for further information.

    What you need

    • Your instrument (drum kit and guitar amps provided) and lead/s if required• A note book, preferably with manuscript paper A4• Pencil

    What you can do next

    Enroll on the Rock and Pop Band next term!