WHAT MAKES LEAP MUSIC DIFFERENT?
Many music teachers are teaching the way they were taught as children. Student comes to lesson, plays from the same book over and over until the book is complete and moves on to the next one. Now at LEAP we don’t think this is necessarily wrong and slow building through repertoire is still a part of our lessons but we want children inspired to learn (and practice).
TAILORED LESSONS
We tailor lessons to children’s interests, do they want to learn R&B, rock, pop, folk, jazz, pirate rock (yes that’s a real thing). We will create lessons to explore. Maybe they don’t know the difference between these genres and that’s where our next focus comes in.
MUSIC HISTORY
We realise not every student has had access to great musicians of the past and that’s why we have a focus on providing carefully planned repertoire that introduces students to great musicians and compositions so they can truly explore what excites them. We believe this will go a long way in having students recognise the rise of AI music and become champions of industry to push against it.
COLLABORATION
We achieve this by collaborating as teachers before the term to choose one piece of repertoire that every student will learn throughout and in the last week of term we will bring two students and their teachers together to “jam” the song together. * This may be a piano player and guitarist or a singer and a drummer. Parents will be invited after a couple of practice runs at the start of the lesson to watch their student collaborate and perform. This prevents lessons from becoming to solitary and creates connections with a focus on community and genuine friendships
TECHNOLOGY
We have a focus on introducing sound gear that makes the music exciting. Piano lessons, let’s introduce playing a beat on the synth as well. Guitarist? lets introduce you to pedals that help you feel like a rockstar. We want students to learn all elements of live sound for their instrument too.