Study
with Hal Galper at Purchase Conservatory
HAL GALPER
CURRICULUM
- Piano
- Forward Motion
- Cell Theory
- How To Practice
- Counterpoint Voicings
- Career & Music Business Advisement
- Composition & Small Group Arranging
- Relaxation, Concentration and Awareness Techniques
Both Combo Workshops offer a hands-on, experiential approach to learning how to play within a group context. Each semester the combo includes a full rhythm section of piano, bass, drums and guitar and various combinations and number of reed and brass players. Combo make-up can vary from semester to semester. The course is designed to develop the student's ability for group interaction as occurs in "Real-Life" band situations. Mid-semester the combo will begin learning three compositions with an eye towards a concert or recording them at the semester's end. Students receive a CD copy of the recording.
- The Logistics of Listening: What to listen for, what to do with what you hear
- Developing instrumental, mental, emotional and physical control
- Developing concentration techniques
- How to understand rhythmic, melodic and harmonic call and response patterns
- Development of "on-your-feet" decision making
- Rhythmic Syncopation: The historic development of the 2nd line march beat in jazz and it's function
- Understanding the various aspects of playing time and tempos including coping with stage fright and playing in Half-Time
- The dynamics of group interaction, how to develop a group sound
Todd Coolman, Ph.D
Director of Jazz Studies
Conservatory of Music Purchase College (SUNY)