ALL EARS JANUARY WORKSHOP (CHCH)

All Ears – Jazz & Improvised Music Workshops (USA)

130 High St, Christchurch Central, Christchurch 8011

Ara Music Arts are excited to be partnering with the ‘All Ears’ team to bring this unique week of workshops to New Zealand in January 2017.

This week long program is a great opportunity for musicians of any age and ability. It provides participants a format to explore jazz and improvised music in a fun, safe and nurturing environment, while focusing on developing improvisation skills in the time honored tradition of the jazz greats: learning by ear.

“All Ears is a jazz and improvised music program designed by veteran US educators Dr. Arthur Falbush and Keith Pray. With 14 years of collaborating on many educational programs and with over 50 years of combined teaching experience,All by Ear is an evolution of the original method of learning jazz (by ear).
Jazz musicians since the earliest days of the music learned to play by imitating other musicians.
All Ears takes this concept into an educational environment and provides participants the opportunity to learn how to improve their jazz playing while being supervised by experience jazz musicians and veteran teachers.”

Important information

All Ears will run from 9am-3pm Mon Jan 23rd – Fri 27th culminating in a public concert on the Friday evening.

Daily schedule:

Session 1 9am – 12pm
Session 2 1pm -3pm

Rehearsals begin promptly at 9:00 am. There are two sessions separated by lunch (morning and afternoon).
Sessions are broken down into smaller groups as needed to facilitate learning and other activities such as discussions and listening to music are used to deepen their understanding of jazz.
Each session focuses on learning repertoire and improvisation a leading to the final concert. The concert features performances of pieces that have been worked on during the week and all pieces are played from memory.

The week will be led by All Ears co-founder Arthur Falbush with support from Ara Music Arts faculty.

Fees
$185 per person
$135 per person if two or more family members are attending

All enquiries can be submitted to cameron.pearce@ara.ac.nz and be sure to join our www.facebook.com/groups/AllEarsatAra

Details at https://www.ara.ac.nz/explore-ara/information-for-parents-and-advisors/holiday-workshops/all-ears

This week long program is a great opportunity for musicians of any age and ability. It provides participants a format to explore jazz and improvised music in a fun, safe and nurturing environment, while focusing on developing improvisation skills in the time honoured tradition of the jazz greats: learning by ear.

The sessions focus on learning repertoire and improvisation based on the traditional method utilized by many of the jazz greats. ‘All Ears’ faculty teach students how to develop their listening skills and provide step-by-step guidance through the process, helping them to gain results in a shorter amount of time.

Sessions are broken down into smaller groups as needed to facilitate learning and other activities such as discussions and listening to music are used to deepen their understanding of jazz.

The Friday evening concert will feature performances without written music. All performance material is learnt throughout the week by ear and played from memory.

The week will be led by ‘All Ears’ co-founder Arthur Falbush with support from Ara Music Arts faculty.

For more information email cameron.pearce@ara.ac.nz

Musical benefits of participating in our workshops:

– Ear training
– Phrasing
– Style development
– Ensemble playing skills
– Improvising

Other Benefits include:
– Leadership
– Confidence
– Teamwork/Collaboration
– Critical thinking/Problem Solving
– Cultural awareness and tolerance