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With his years of experience in many areas of music, Frank Horvat is pleased to offer a variety of workshops and master classes to music teachers and students.
Getting your students to improvise and compose.
Easy suggestions to nurture creativity in the life of a music student.
Description: Frank uses his own journey of composing for and improvising at the piano along with his teaching methods as an example of how to get students to be more creative at the piano. Along with giving easy-to-use tips and anecdotes, he'll also perform and talk about his original compositions including performance examples from his collection of children's pieces called 'The Isle of Loobienox' and pieces from his CD of advanced and concert piano repertoire called 'I'll Be Good'.
Props: Frank will bring along a handout and some score samples for attendees to keep.
“Teachnology”
How Technology can enhance a music student's experience
Description: Frank takes a systematic approach in outlining the benefits, equipment needed and material available to help nurture a student's understanding of all music areas, including theory, ear training, history, just to name a few. Frank will attempt to simplify the technical language so the teacher can have as much fun with music and a computer as their student will!
Props: I will bring along a handout along with my computer to show some activities.
Student Composer Master Class
Description: Frank conducts a master class in which students perform their own compositions in any genre, instrumentation, or style. Following each performance, Frank will talk with the student about their piece and give comments to enhance their musical ideas, both in a technical and aesthetic sense.
Additional Feature: In conducting a master class, Frank would be happy to perform a free, mini-recital of about one hour in length following this master class.
Gifts to Students: Each participant will receive a recording and/or score of Frank's music.
My Journey in Becoming a Professional Musician
An informal talk and performance for kids, teachers, and parents
Description: Frank's talk will feature stories from his childhood, struggling with maintaining a practice schedule, dealing with nerves in performances, and what his life is like today as a professional musician. Interspersed will be performances from his collection of children's pieces called 'The Isle of Loobienox' and pieces from his CD of advanced and concert piano repertoire called 'I'll Be Good'. The goal in his presentation will be to give kids the confidence and ambition to do well in their musical studies.
Props: Frank will bring along some score samples for attendees to keep.
My Journey of Releasing a CD of Solo Piano Music
An informal talk and performance for college music students and faculty
Description: Frank will go through chronologically all the steps he went through to releasing his CD: from the dream, to the composing, to the practicing, to the CD Release, to the performing, and lastly, to the business side of music. Interspersed will be performances from his CD of original piano repertoire called 'I'll Be Good'. The goal in his presentation will be to give students a sneak preview of what the process is like and also give them the encouragement that they can do it themselves.
Props: Frank will bring along some score samples for attendees to keep.
All these presentations can vary in length, anywhere from one to three hours. For more information on rates and scheduling, please contact Frank at contactme@frankhorvat.com.
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