video announcement: inner sound summer learning opportunities!
SUMMER MUSIC PROGRAM DETAILS
***SUMMER PACKAGE SPECIAL*** 10% Discount For Anyone Who Enrolls in All 4 Programs!
1 - (LIVE) Improvisation “Playtime” (ALL LEVELS): We’ll explore improvisation through rhythm, dynamics, harmony, and group games. This is playful, therapeutic, meditative, and sometimes silly / Fun! Beneficial for both elite advanced musicians and total beginners. No practice required, just show up with open ears! Each session will be in my living room studio, limited to 4-5 students (Note: parents are invited to join the class as an additional enrollment!).
SIGN UP for TUESDAYS* @ 10-10:50 AM or THURSDAYS* @ 2-2:50 PM; JUNE 18TH - JULY 11TH $140/4 classes
(*additional days/times may open up if demand exceeds enrollment limit)
2 - (ONLINE) “Listening with Joe” (ALL LEVELS) : Online seminar where I’ll give a multimedia presentation based around a variety of music topics. Each session will be recorded for future viewings (or schedule conflicts), and includes a 1-hour listening playlist I curate, an accompanying .pdf with key takeaways, and a Q&A I present. Topics this summer are:
All the Feels” - Listening to Movie Soundtracks | American Pop Stars (from Elvis to Taylor Swift!) | Great Saxophonists of the last 100 Years | Exploring World Music: International Legends and Pop Stars
SIGN UP for TUESDAYS @ 6PM; JUNE 18TH - JULY 9TH; $100/4 classes.
3 - (ONLINE) Musical Muscles aka “Bootcamp” (2 YEARS+ EXPERIENCE REQUIRED): Weekly challenges to master the 7 modes of the 12 major scales as well as all fundamental chords. Each challenge includes worksheets for all instruments, video demos, individualized help, and team games for prizes. Ideal for those aiming to practice regularly and build their foundations this summer.
SIGN UP for MONDAYS at 10-10:30AM; JUNE 17TH - JULY 29TH; $210/7 classes plus individualized e-mail video feedback.
4 - (LIVE) Recording Workshop (2 YEARS+ EXPERIENCE REQUIRED): Learn the entire process from tracking to mixing and mastering songs. Hands-on and fast-paced, we will begin recording and remixing songs students already know how to perform within the first half hour of the class. By the end of the workshops, each student will have produced at least two of their own musical demos, and gain a foundational understanding of music production. Workshops are limited to 2-3 students.
SIGN UP for WEDNESDAYS* @ 11am-12:30PM; JUNE 19TH-JULY 10TH; $500/4 classes
(*additional days/times may open up if demand exceeds enrollment limit)
***SUMMER PACKAGE SPECIAL*** 10% Discount For Anyone Who Enrolls in All 4 Programs!
ABOUT JOE’S INNER SOUND TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
I share the art of learning music with people of all levels, styles, ages and backgrounds. The only requirement is that the student has a nagging curiosity (if not yet lifelong passion) for music. Lessons are customized toward each individual’s personal taste and path of discovery, while building strength and wisdom of the foundations and fundamentals that matter for all genres, styles, and instruments.
Instruments I teach include piano; saxophone; flute; and clarinet. I also specialize in creative approaches and practice techniques for performance, improvisation, songwriting, and real-world music theory for all instrumentalists and singers too. A few students in my 2022-23 roster placed in auditions and won national competitions. But more importantly, many of my students learned how to play songs that they love.
Every student’s growth is based around two core principles:
discovering the music they love, and how to hear and play more of it
building a foundation of the techniques, concepts, feeling and magic in musical sound
Other things I teach along a student’s journey:
learning favorite songs by ear / reading
jazz improvising
movie scene sounds
ear training
harmonic theories and emotions
scales, chords, arpeggios!
rhythm concepts and fundamentals
pop and jazz piano styles
songwriting
using one’s voice to hear more deeply
prepare for a big audition / performance / recital
musical games
jamming
experimental sounds and free improvisation
real world advice for starting a band, navigate the music business, freelance careers, and/or music colleges
how to let music be a healing force in the world and in one’s life
Get in touch today to reserve your place in Inner Sound Music Lessons or learn how Joe can guide you or your child’s musical adventure. Pricing, schedule, references and further details available upon request.
A lonely duet ;) version of Duke Ellington’s legendary song “In A Solitude” performed for Joe’s online students in 2021.
Throwback to that time Joe was asked to write, arrange, and perform horns for an international viral hit music video shot on the New York subway system.