“With authority Pia conducted the big ensemble and has good abilities to generate the nuances of frasing and dynamics, which are indispensable in bigbandplaying.”
I am a dedicated to teach music and have been teaching since the beginning of the nineties in all kind of Music Schools. I have been preparing students for Conservatory at MGK,Ishøj from 2000-2015 and have been teaching at The Rhythmic High School since 92. My experience is with all ages. From beginners to advanced students aiming for higher education in music. I am teaching flute, saxophone, ensemble, improvisation, bigband, “Horn Workshop”, theory/eartraining, “Open Door”,- intuitive improvising ensemble, not to forget “Songwriting-Ensemble” based on collective composition.
“Songwriting-Ensemble”, has become my mantra. After playing in bands in the Music school, the students have a lot of background to be creative themselves. Their scills just need to come into play. I developed a lot of tools to create songs in the band. In my opinion this process has a big value. They work on creating lyrics, melodies and arrangements and build new ideas on top of each other. In other words the students develop a more creative way of acting together and this process challenges them in a different way, than when learning new cover tunes.
Those methods I keep on working with. Latest with JazzDanmark project “Jazzcamp for Girls” and in May 2022 at Sejrgårds Efterskole with teenagers