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CLINICS AND WORKSHOPS

Five Workshops That Will Benefit Your Students!

Come Away With New Ideas.

 

IVince has successfully presented music workshops for the following Music Teacher Organizations in the following states:

  • Arizona
  • New Jersey
  • Tennessee
  • Connecticut
  • Maryland


"Vince is a dynamic educator who presents his material with conviction, humor, and charisma. Each presentation transmits Vince’s intense joy of music."


Make Your Band and Orchestra Come Alive!
(Solving problems that instrumental groups encounter)

 

Vince leads a clinic in Maryland
Vince leads a clinic in Maryland

  


Your students and teachers will enjoy Vince’s creative energy and vibrant presentations of music. Vince works with a wind ensemble or concert band, making practical suggestions for improvement in balance, intonation, phrasing, and interpretation. Print outs are issued to all who attend these sessions.

Jazz Improvisation, You Can Do It!


This workshop gives participants the ability for a spontaneous give and take exchange. Vince works with a rhythm section and 3-4 horns, or with a big band. The emphasis is on beginning jazz improvisation. Print outs are issued to all who attend these sessions.


Arranging Music for the Real World


With a unique freshness and energy, Vince emphasizes writing for small combos, big bands, and orchestras. Vince shows how to write for a few instruments and achieve a big sound. Most of the musical examples are from Vince’s library and from his arranging book. Print outs are issued to all who attend these sessions.

How To Survive In the Music Jungle


With Vince’s remarkable ability to communicate his ideas, he touches on music publishing, copyright, contract, songwriter and artist pitfalls, licensing, marketing oneself, and group problems. The aim of this workshop is to introduce important concepts of the music business and who how you can protect yourself against sharks. Print outs are issued to all who attend these classes.

What Is Musical Theatre?
Six Things a Successful Musical Should Have





Vince will work with a soprano and a pianist dealing with relevant topics such as:

  • What makes a compelling lyric?
  • The purpose of song and dance in a musical
  • The art of auditioning
  • An overview of what works and what doesn’t work in a musical
  • The long road to production
Workshops in Musical Theatre have been successfully been presented as follows:
  • University of the Nations, Kona , Hawaii
  • State University of New York at New Paltz , New York
  • Toronto, North Carolina , Hong Kong, and Kunming , China

Vince spent three days with the Atlantic Fleet Band (US Navy Band) in Norfolk, Virginia. He taught music composition, music arranging, and worked with small combos and the jazz ensemble.

These workshops present relevant and current information, and are presented in a positive, friendly, and informal setting. They promote and assist music education, and both students and teachers will benefit from the experience.Workshops are 60-90 minutes in length and may be tailored for the particular educational needs of both students and teachers.

Workshop participants receive printouts, interact with Vince, and where possible receive hands-on-experience. The workshops are lively paced, exciting, and informative.

Workshop participants will be asked to provide a written evaluation at the end of each workshop.

The workshop fee is negotiable.

 

Comments received from past workshops conducted by Vince:

"Vince has enormous freshness, vitality, and energy."

"He has a remarkable ability to communicate."

"A spontaneous give-and-take exchange, full of intensity."

"I enjoyed Vince’s creative energy and his vibrant, colorful presentation."

"Innovative, refreshing, imaginative!"