Master Classes
REDEFINED
With Douglas NiedtThe OLD Master Class Approach:
- Pay high tuition fees to study in a class in which you personally receive only a twenty or thirty-minute lesson per day or every other day.
- Pay money to hear other students play.
The NEW Approach:
- Pay a reasonable fee for a three-hour private lesson with Douglas Niedt each day.
- No other students--You are the focus of his attention during your stay.
This is a marvelous opportunity for students, teachers, or artists to study with a world-class guitarist and master teacher.
ADVANCED STUDENTS:
- Refine your technical skills to the highest levels of your ability
- Free your imagination as you examine various philosophies of interpretation and musical expression
- Receive concert coaching for upcoming concerts and recitals
- Learn the secrets of making outstanding arrangements and transcriptions for the guitar
INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS:
- Learn how to analyze and solve your technical problems and how to vastly improve your technique
- Discover the most efficient practice strategies so you can learn more music at a higher level of performance in a shorter time
- Rise to the next level of performance--make your guitar playing come alive with musical expressiveness
Douglas Niedt is a recording artist with over 40 years of concert experience,
head of the guitar department at the University of Missouri--Kansas City Conservatory
of Music and Dance and recognized for excellence by the National Endowment for The
Arts. His early studies with diverse artists such as Segovia, Parkening,Yepes, Ghiglia,
Morel and Pepe Romero produced a master teacher with unusual perception and
openness to differing schools of instruction.
Prior to your visit you will be sent a Personal Assessment Questionnaire to complete, guaranteeing that your study program and stay will be personalized to fit your needs and maximize your instruction time.
A $100 deposit due upon enrollment with the remaining balance to be paid the day of your arrival.
Sessions will be available May 19 through August 9, 2008. A four-day session is recommended, but you can do anywhere from 2-5 days.
Call NOW to enroll for a session or for more information: (816) 235-2922
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