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Three Month Intensive Professional Program:
Note: The minimum age requirement for students of this program is 18
years.
Course Outline:
In order to be accepted into the Professional Guitar 3-Month Intensive Program
students must possess
a high enough level of playing skill to keep up with the demands of the course.
All applicants may
not be accepted into the program. The application fee is non-refundable.
Applicants declined
entrance into the program will receive a letter explaining the reasons for
non-acceptance.
Unsuccessful applicants will be allowed to re-apply for the program after one
year has lapsed.
Unsuccessful applicants may request a 60 min. consultation meeting with an
instructor at no extra
charge. A review of an applicants areas of weak performance and necessary steps
to improvement will
be discussed for successful future acceptance into the program.
Students will work as a group with several guest faculty members covering core
curriculum material
as well as supplemental material selected personally by the instructors. Guitar
performance
workshops and ensemble work with fellow students and instructors will be a
primary focus during this
course. Once per week students will receive a 30 min. private guitar lesson with
an assigned
personal teacher/coach to help guide them through any areas of difficulty. The
private classes will
also develop technical skill and musical concepts in greater detail than the
daily group sessions.
Classes are held: Monday - Friday 10:00 A.M. -2:00 P.M. with a 1.0 Hr. lunch
break from
12:00 Noon - 1:00 P.M.
Students of this course will also be expected to perform pieces from charts &
memory with the school’s
session musicians, (keyboardist, bassist, and drummer), log a specific number of
core curriculum
in-class hours, and spend time working with instructors completing the recording
studio course.
Project pieces, (which may include original pieces), for this course may be used
by students to
produce a personal demo. Recording will be done at MidCanada Production Services
Inc. with Engineer,
“Howard Rissin.”
www.midcan.com
Upon course completion, students are welcome to take the course again advancing
to more difficult
subjects and musical styles until all of the Professional Core Curriculum has
been completed, (Stages
one, two and three of the Creative Guitar advanced guitar program manuscripts).
At the end of each
3-Month session students are welcome to take any test of the Advanced Guitar
Program Levels. When
the number of live performance credits, recording studio credits, in-class
hours, and test
requirements have been met, a diploma in Professional Guitar may be issued to
successful graduates
of this program by the instructors and Creative Guitar Studio.