The Total Musician Seminar
What Is The Total Musician Seminar?
The four paths of making music are improvising, composing, arranging, and interpreting. The Total Musician Seminar is a set of guided activities that traces the four paths and the techniques for achieving musical expression with each one. You will emerge with experience in all four paths and an understanding of your own musical identity and potential as a Total Musician.
Who Should Take This Seminar?
The Total Musician Seminar is for newcomers who want to start to develop their musical know-how and for accomplished musicians who want to expand their abilities. It is especially suitable for anyone who has been told that they are not musical, who feels stuck with their music making, or who gave up on music lessons. Jeffrey's instruction works effectively with all instruments and all styles of music. The age range is teens and adults. If you have young children, please review Kids Music Class for a complete description of that program.
How Will You Benefit?
Although the Total Musician has a definite format, it is tailored to your individual needs. You will have the opportunity to ask any kind of musical question and expect an answer. You will receive one-on-one instruction. You will discover solutions for all kinds of musical challenges. You will gain the confidence and skills to fulfill your inborn musical abilities. And you will enjoy a fun, positive, and inclusive musical community experience.
A Message from Jeffrey
"It is good that you can do what you are now able to do. Your task is to keep adding to that from now on. What matters is not the distance that you go, but the direction that you go in. Check out Lesson #1 on the One-Minute Music Lessons page."
World Class Music Instruction
Jeffrey Chappell is a gifted, innovative teacher who is renowned for his ability to connect with every student. He brings an amazing diversity of experience to his teaching. He is a classical concert pianist performing worldwide, an active jazz musician, a recording artist on several labels, a composer of award-winning works, an improviser for silent films, an author of numerous articles for music magazines, and a popular lecturer for music teacher associations. He is the Director of Jazz Studies at Goucher College in Baltimore and serves on the faculty at the Levine School of Music in Washington, D.C. He studied at the Curtis Institute, the Peabody Conservatory, and the BMI Musical Theater Workshop.