PCC Fall Songwriters Workshop - Level 1
Mon, Nov 20
|New York
Learn lyric setting, harmony and melody writing. All students will sing and play their original ballads at the PCC Winter Recital. No experience necessary - beginners to advanced. Tuition discounts available.
Time & Location
Nov 20, 2023, 7:30 PM – 9:50 PM EST
New York, 853 7th Ave suite 2a, New York, NY 10019, USA
About the Event
Join us Monday evenings for the 2023 PCC Fall Songwriting Workshop. This is a hybrid event (in person and online). For detailed information and F.A.Q., please click HERE
COURSE OVERVIEW
FALL WORKSHOP (15 Classes)
Monday Evenings, 7:30-9:45p (Theory Bootcamp, 6:30-7:30p)
September 18th – December 18th
Recital – Saturday, December 16th
$1285 (or $350 monthly)
WINTER WORKSHOP (15 Classes)
Monday Evenings, 7:30-9:45p (Theory Bootcamp, 6:30-7:30p)
January 8th – March 25th
Concert – TBA (weekend of March 29th)
$1285 (or $350 monthly)
SPRING WORKSHOP (15 Classes)
Monday Evenings, 7:30-9:45p (Theory Bootcamp, 6:30-7:30p)
April 1st – June 17th
Concert (w/ Big Band) – Saturday, June 22nd
$1285 (or $350 monthly)
Students who complete the entire course will receive a Certificate in Advanced Songwriting
DISCOUNTS
-$300 off full program: Full payment up front (check only)
-$250 off each workshop: Audit-only Participant*
-$300 off each workshop: PCC students***
-$150 off each workshop: PCC alumni***
$250 credit each: Student Referrals**
* - Audit-only participants complete assignments, but do notparticipate in Q&A, final concerts or have work critiqued in class.
** - non-PCC students or alumni only
*** - full course enrollment required, current students with contracts that expire during the workshop qualify for alumni discount only
CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Fall Workshop – Simple Lyric writing, converting lyrics to melodies, melodic and rhythmic motives, diatonic chord progressions, basic piano and guitar textures, self-accompaniment, lyric sheets and chord charts
Winter Workshop – Advanced rhyming and poetic devices, chromatic chord additions, composing your own tracks in a DAW, writing for additional voices and duets, advanced chord charts and lead sheets, stage performance with microphone
Spring Workshop – Writing vocal harmonies, writing for multiple instruments, advanced harmonic progressions and modulations, advanced lead sheets and piano/vocal score, stage performance with a band