About the course:
This ensemble coaching course goes through writing, work-shopping, and rehearsing musical ideas together as an ensemble, covering subjects such as instrumental technique, improvisation, composition, arranging, music analysis, lyric writing, and demo recording. This course is available to instrumentalists, as well as vocalists, ages 14-18.
About the instructor:
Andrew Thoreen is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and A/V producer living in West Saint Paul. He received a B.A. in trombone with a minor in jazz studies from the University of Northern Iowa in 2009 and has been teaching music for over eighteen years in addition to working as a session and touring musician in the Twin Cities for the last decade. He has recorded with local artists including Har-di-Har, J.E. Sunde, PRINTS, John Mark Nelson, Eric Mayson, Drone Band, and many others.
Mondays 6:30-8p (ages 14+) *exceptions can be made through audition
$37 per class
Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 (ages 11-13)
$27 per class
For any questions and more information email Andrew at andrew@musiclabminneapolis.com