Dr. Richard Holland
Instructor

Jazz study at Holland Music can incorporate either a group class lesson or a private lesson with Dr. Holland or one of his staff teachers. Dr. Holland accepts all winds instruments and vocalists.

With Dr. Holland--

*Learn phrasing techniques by singing Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Chet Baker Transcrptions
*Learn how to voice lead--using songs from the American Songbook
*Learn Jazz-Blues repertoire-- by singing Jazz melodies and improvisations

With Nancy Kelly--

** Additionally, we now offer lessons with vocalist Nancy Kelly. (www.nancykelly.com ) Her unique teaching approach uses repertoire from the Great American Songbook .  She applies this music to teach students how to use their voice, and apply these lessons to all kinds of popular music. Her musical method to conversational singing has made her one of the world's great jazz specialists. By teaching speech singing, the student can learn how to communicate pop-jazz music like the pros!

During her many years of performance, Nancy has also given much thought to voice development and maintaining a good musical routine. Her work on phrasing and breathing has led her to develop unique exercises, so her students can continue to mature and grow confident with their innate music making abilities.

Instrumental Private Study

Based on Volumes 1-5 of Applied Jazz by Dr. Richard Holland

The Jazz lesson is a two-year course which applies the following principles. These principles are based on the five new texts on Jazz Improvisation. This text is entitled: Tools for Improvisation (for trumpet--but can be applied to any instrument)

Vol. 1 Chordal Studies
Vol. 2 Scale studies
Vol. 3 ii-V7 Studies
Vol. 4-Lines and Etudes
Vol. 5-Motific Improvisation

The goal of each text is to teach the student how to break key harmonic tools and apply these principles to practicing jazz harmony on their respective instruments. Each lesson is 45 minutes, no exceptions.

Class Study

Dr. Holland is offering two separate classes, for both beginning and intermediate levels.

These classes are for students wanting to learn the basic principles of Jazz improvisation. Class One focuses on the Blues and using several different ways to begin to understand how to successfully improvise on this musical form. Class Two focuses more on rhythm changes and applying voice-leading principles, the ii-V7 progression, and line writing to the Rhythm Changes progression.