Music & Singing courses available in Sydney’s Northern Beaches and Mosman area.
Beginners and advanced music and singing classes for adults. Learn how to play the guitar, ukulele, write your own song or have fun in an African drumming class. Learn to play a new instrument. Enrol online today.
Course Outline: Sorry, No Concessions Singing is fun - and it's really good for you! Sing songs you love and learn to make the most of what you've got. This is not a choir, it's a relaxed and friendly group for singers of all levels. No concerts, no rehearsals, just come and sing with us each week. Warm ups, Group songs, Optional solo material. Learn to sing harmonies. Basic music reading is an advantage but not essential - we'll teach you how to find your way around the music....
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Course Outline: Sorry, No Concessions Always wanted to play the piano? This is for you! This 10 week hands on beginners course will get you reading and understanding music notation and playing piano pieces and chords. During the course you'll play 'Lean On Me' and other faves. - Read rhythm - Read notes - Piano geography - Play pieces - Understand chords - Play songs you know and love! The classroom has a digital piano for each participant and students will benefit from access...
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Course Overview: Classes are suitable for both beginners and experienced singers, and each session will give vocal diagnostics, a fun workout and performance opportunity. Students learn a set of exercises that can form the basis of a personal practice for life. Course Outline: Introductions within the group. Why do we sing? Want or need? What makes it sound bad, good or better? Exploration of phonation and vowel shapes. Emotional sounds Exercises 1 & 2 Demonstration of...
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Course Outline: This guitar course is designed for those whose knowledge of guitar ranges from zero to less than five chords. Students will learn to play the primary chords in the most commonly used keys, develop an understanding of the principles of simple rhythm reading and learn to read and write music in both chord chart and tablature forms. Each week we will learn to play a new song using the appropriate strum techniques. For Mosman classes please bring a plectrum and a capo....
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Course Outline: Level 2 follows on from the beginners' guitar course and is ideal for those who have basic chord playing skills. In this course we cover songs with more complex chord structures, develop more interesting strum techniques, extend rhythm reading skills and learn simple finger picking styles. What to Bring: Guitar and pick Pencil Notebook About the Tutors: Brenton White Brenton is a guitarist of many years' experience. Involved in workshops and seminars at the...
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Course Outline: This ukulele course is designed to take students who previously have had little or no exposure to playing the instrument, and give them the ability and confidence to play simple tunes and the knowledge and skills to continue their learning path by themselves. The ukulele is one of the most versatile, least expensive and easiest to learn of the stringed instruments. Learn how to play simple tunes as you explore the history of the ukulele, musical genres common to the...
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Workshop Overview: In a relaxed and engaging setting, you’ll dive into theatre games, explore on-camera techniques, and navigate the nuances of commercial acting. From building a grounded on-camera presence to tackling improvisation challenges, this workshop offers hands-on activities designed to boost your confidence and creativity. You’ll work through practical scenarios, gain insight into character development, and refine your delivery style. You will also gain some tips on...
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$180Limited
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Film and Theatre Workshop- Beginner to Intermediate
Course Outline Bust out of the covid blues! Come down for an African style boogie and bang your lil’ heart out to the primal grooves of ancient tribal African rhythms on crackin’ African djembe drums. You'll learn a multi-layered African rhythm and feel the way the parts groove with each other under the direction of an experienced teacher and facilitator. Learn how to use the drum as a bridge from your monkey mind to the spaciousness within. Practice mindfulness, or rather...
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Course Outline: In this course, you will further develop your strumming skills and increase your chord vocabulary by learning ukulele songs both old and new in a fun and supportive environment. This course is for anyone who has completed The Ukulele course offered by NBMC or any ukulele player with a knowledge of basic chords. Please Bring: Notepad and pen Ukulele (A soprano ukulele is preferred but a baritone is also fine) About the Tutors: Brenton White Brenton is a guitarist of...
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Course Outline: Sorry, No Concessions Experience meditation, mindfulness, and the flow state to the heartbeat rhythms of the drum. A fusion of African and shamanic drumming. Learn to play basic rhythms on African drums (djembes) and experience shamanic drum journeys with shamanic (frame) drums. Practice mindfulness, or rather mind-emptiness as you learn simple rhythms on a drum and enter the gateway into the timeless, flow space. Learn how to use the drum as a bridge from your...
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