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Mark Black offers beginner
through professional level lessons to all levels of players, in
all styles.
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY: Our methods teach people to become great.
Our students become musicians and players, not just people who
take lessons. And they get to play and sing the songs they love
while learning correct techniques. A correct technique is
something that produces the best results the most quickly; we
abandon any technique that cannot be shown to produce practical
results. 1/4 of the time in lessons is spent on music theory
(making music work for you), 1/4 is spent on instrument
technique (learning your instrument or voice and making it work
for you), and 1/2 of lesson time is spent on the songs you pick.
My goal: you hear it, you can play; you see it, you can play it;
you create it, you can play it.
MARK BLACK, the founder of Promethean Music, has taught
thousands of students since 1978. His teaching methods produce
consistent improvement, skill, & excellence, while being fun.
WOW! He attended Loyola University in New Orleans as a double
major and was a member of the Loyola Orchestra, Loyola Jazz
Band, Loyola Chorale, & the Loyola Band, as well as woodwind
quintets. He traveled for a year with the contemporary Christian
music group Majesty & has spent 14 years as a music director of
churches. He studied privately with such teachers as Fred Korman,
Dr. Pat McCarty, Helen Erb, Dr. William Horne, Michael Carubba,
Dr. Thomas West, & has performed in Christian, rock, classical,
& jazz ensembles and as a soloist in such cities as Atlanta,
Dallas, Houston, Memphis, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New
York City, St. Louis, & Washington D.C. He has taught many
students from around the world. His musical skills include
professional performance in piano/keyboards, guitar, voice,
bass, sax, flute, oboe, & other instruments & professional
composition, arranging, & orchestration. He has taught in
seminars and conferences and led bands throughout the southeast
& southwest. He taught applied instruments, voice, theory,
conducting, & song writing for 6 years at Christ for the Nations
Institute. He was also the instrumental director & led the
orchestra there. Also, he's extremely humble.
PIANO and KEYBOARD: This is not an exclusively classical piano
course of study. Together with reading music, we also learn to
play the piano as a rhythm instrument (as it is played by almost
all rock, jazz, country, pop, and worship bands around the
world) and emphasize playing by analysis and chord function, in
pop, rock, blues, gospel, R&B, jazz, funk, classical, country,
folk, & contemporary Christian styles. Additional materials:
Beginning Piano for Adults - Bastien. Pop, rock, & jazz students
will require ad-libbing tapes and transcriptions of piano solos.
If you're interested or have more questions, please e-mail
promethean@comcast.net or call 972-422-3362.
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