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    Music Composition - Writing your own Music - Learning Composition Techniques

    People have always used music to express their feelings. Writing music is one of the best ways to share your thoughts with others. You can tell your story without a single word. In this course, I'm going to share with you my some of the composition techniques that I know. Also, at the class we are going to hear music of different composers and discuss it and then write our own music. This course is for all levels, you can start from the beginning or improve your existing knowledge in Composition.

    Extra information

    If you are writing music on your laptop using for example "Sibelius" or other programs, bring your laptop.

    Location

    Online via webcam
    At teacher's location: Riga, Latvia

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    General info

    Age:
    Children (7-12 years old)
    Teenagers (13-17 years old)
    Adults (18-64 years old)
    Seniors (65+ years old)
    Student level:
    Beginner
    Intermediate
    Advanced
    Duration:
    60 minutes
    The class is taught in:English, Greek, Russian

    About Me

    Hello! My name is Irina and I am a qualified Opera Singer, Composer, and Music Teacher. I used to live in Cyprus for many years and currently, I am based in Latvia. I speak Russian, English, and Greek. I am teaching Classic Vocals for all ages, Music for Beginners, and Music Theory.
    I have taught music to kids, but also I can work with teenagers and adults. Also, I can prepare you for entrance music examinations in Music schools.
    I have a Bachelor's degree in Music from Arte Music Academy in Cyprus. Currently, I am a Master's Student in Jazep's Vitol's Latvian Music Academy in the Vocal Music department specializing in Opera Singing, where I am also improving my qualification in Composition. I have performing experience singing as a soloist and choir singer with Symphonic Orchestras for many years. I really hope that my experience of performing on stage will help my students to achieve better results in their Vocal lessons. I also love teaching and my lessons will be Student-Centered, so my students will have the opportunity to choose their way of learning based on their interests and needs. I speak English, Greek, and Russian. You are very welcome to go ahead and book lessons with me and we can discuss further your music objectives and how I can help you to achieve your goals in Music.

    Education

    Arte Music Academy in Cyprus, Bachelor's Degree in Music, Specialisations (Performing Opera Singing, Music Composition, Music Pedagogy, Music Theory), Grade GPA is 6.1

    Experience / Qualifications

    Vocal lessons with an 8-year-old girl for 1 month and Piano lessons with an adult 40+ for 1 month. Both were completely beginners.
    Every student, who wants to learn music will have to learn Music Theory. This discipline is necessary to learn music instrument, voice, composition e.t.c. How ro read scores, what is rhythm and how to count, how to find a key of the piece and many other questions will be answered through this course. After this course, student will be ready to learn Solfeggio and then Music Harmony. After learning all these music disciplines, student will be ready to learn music form, polyphony, instrumentation, arrangement and composition.
    You are using your voice everyday. Speaking all day at work, or with your friends at the party, sometimes getting your voice tired. This problem is common for the people, who speak with their vocal chords making their throat and neck muscles tight. The right way of using your voice and your vocal chords is going to make your life so much easier even if you don't sing. The singing requires many skills from using your resonators and vocal chords, to a correct breathing using diaphragm. In this course I'm going to teach all levels how to use your voice not only for singing, but also to make your everyday life better and easier.
    Music Harmony is the last discipline that every professional musician has to know to be ready to learn further music disciplines such as Music Composition, Instrumentation, Arrangement e.t.c. How to harmonise your song, correct using of chords, what are chords and how to use them e.t.c. This knowledge is the base of the base to start to move on in your music journey. Modulation, cadenzes, chords, progression and other principles will be learned through this course.
    Solfeggio is a next step of Music Theory discipline. It will imporve your aural skills (ear training), pitch and sight-reading which is the only way to continue to learn music. Aural skill is very important for every musician to understand and to "feel" the music. It will let the musician to play with other musicians, to hear each other and to play music together. After completeing this course, you will be ready to learn Music Harmony and then as a next step you will be ready to lean Instrumentation, Arrangement, Music Composition, e.t.c.

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