Choir

All are welcomed, free and not part of your hours or day.

Easy Jam Sessions

Welcoming musicians of all abilities into the Music Studio, to participate in our relaxed and creative easy jam sessions. We insure the group is collaborative whether you are new to jamming, as well as a seasoned musician.

Choose from the variety of Core instruments you are familiar with or pick up a new one. Vocalists are equally welcomed.

Focus on your listening skills, paying attention to the instrumental and vocal sounds being produced. Using simple structures as the starting point for creative musical journeys, develop your music skills in chords and sequencing, creating harmonies and rhythm.

Playing in a variety of styles and genres, we cater to all tastes, from Rock to Reggae, Hip Hop to Folk. Better still see how different genres fuse to make something completely new and original.

Musicians are welcome to work towards a recording or public performance or to simply play for the fun of it.

Jam Sessions

Jam sessions stimulate creative music development. Choose from the variety of Core instruments you are familiar with or pick up a new one – vocalists welcome. Join in and interact with your fellow musicians, contributing to the music being created through improvisation and expansion. We welcome members who are new to jamming, as well as seasoned musicians, insuring the group is collaborative.

Focus on your listening skills, paying attention to the instrumental and vocal sounds being produced. Develop your music skills in chord construction and sequencing, creating harmonies and rhythm.

Practiced jam sessions may lead to music studio recordings, which can act as a guide for future music arrangements and as a resource to build on and sample.

Keyboard

Develop your piano and keyboard skills in playing music pieces, learning skills in accompanying, improvising and composing. Improve your technique by practicing chord sequences, scales and sight reading. Listen to different music genres such as Classical, Jazz and Pop. Select music that resonates with you personally and play it in your own expressive style. Focus on an element of existing pieces to create an improvised or original piece to finish the session. As your keyboard skills grow, learn to experiment in composing your own music.

Each session begins with a practical warm-up exercise on the keyboard to get your fingers working. If you are new to keyboard, begin by playing melodies with a single hand, whereas experienced players can improve co-ordinating both hands.

Book your half hour weekly session through the Tutor, to reserve a keyboard. You can book time to practice the keyboard between lessons throughout the week at Core. As these are one to one sessions, beginners, intermediate and experienced players are all welcome.

Music Recording Workshop

If you are new to music, this class is essential for your induction into Core music studios.

Understand the fundamentals of making music through rhythm, melody and harmony. Play instruments from percussion to guitar and keyboard; and learn how to keep in time and improvise within a group. Focus on the practical elements of music and learn about scales, keys, chords, and composition. Explore music, listening to a wide range of genres to reveal their structure and arrangement.

Each session involves the group working together to create a piece of music. As you develop your confidence, you can introduce music of your choice and discuss adapting and arranging the music with the Tutor. This class can give you the opportunity to start writing your own music and explore new musical projects. Once the group have rehearsed a piece of music and feel ready to perform in the music studio, your Tutor can arrange and facilitate a recording session.

After attending this course, a natural progression would be into classes in: guitar, bass, kit drumming and keyboard classes, intermediate and advanced music classes, and taking part in the Jam sessions.

Music Performance Skills

Whether you are an experienced musician, singer or rapper/MC, discover and maximise your potential as a performer on live stage and in the music studio. Develop your music performance dynamism by memorising your lyrics, learning microphone techniques for optimal sound quality, and developing your delivery and timing. Music Performance Skills gives you the space to practice effectively with supportive fellow musicians.

Bring in your own words and beats, or create and build on original material through group jam sessions. Increase your aural awareness of other musicians and focus on the instrumentation. You’ll have the chance to reinterpret classic songs in an original way, playing them in a different style or adding different instruments.

By rehearsing in collaboration with fellow musicians, you can work as a group towards recording. Record your own music and produce an E.P. or full-length album.

Through attending Music Performance Skills sessions, you will gain confidence to perform at Core gigs and at external music events and festivals.

Vocals for Performance

Fun, light-hearted, RnB, Soul, Gospel singing for performance sessions with guitar accompaniment.

We will work on individual projects as well as encourage group work.

You do not have to be an experienced singer-songwriter to join these sessions. All you need is the willingness to participate and be ready to have fun.

Songwriting Techniques

Fun, light-hearted, RnB, Soul  and jazz song-writing sessions with piano accompaniment

We will work on individual projects as well as encourage group work.

You do not have to be an experienced singer song- writer to join these sessions. All you need is the willingness to participate and be ready to have fun.