Purple Bear Music Sessions

Purple Bear Music Sessions are informal and group performance based, with no experience required whatsoever. We have a large range of percussion and melodic instruments for you to try, and are all colour coded so you will be able to jump straight into sessions without needing any knowledge of which notes to play.

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Sessions include:​

• Group performances

• Individual instrument progression

• How to play the classic "4 chord song progression"

• Music history and theory (just the useful and interesting bits!)

• Learning and performing well known songs together

• Original composition and songwriting

• One-to-one mini-lessons

• Social skills playing music together

• Rock & Roll, Boogie Woogie, Blues, Pop Songs

• Music games

• And much more!

 

Participants are encouraged to join in and even lead group activities, although preferring to focus on solo practice through one-to-one mini-lessons (see below) is also absolutely fine whilst we build your confidence.

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One-to-one Mini-Lessons - where possible, participants will be able to have mini-lessons on their chosen instrument. These are learner led, meaning learners choose what they would like to play/learn, including favourite songs, music theory, and song writing. Unlike typical one-to-one music lessons, we will only focus on the areas of music that bring the most joy to the learner*. Just let your music session leader know what you would like to learn and they will take it from there!

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Please have a look >>>> to see the current locations for the Purple Bear Music Sessions and to book your place.

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*Traditional one-to-one tutors are still the way to go for anyone who would like to progress through the music grade system and gain qualifications. Purple Bear Music focuses on nurturing the love of performance, social interaction, and building confidence in your instrument/s of choice, which you can then use as a stepping stone to qualifications if that's a route you would like to take. We will be happy to support your journey and even help you find a tutor if needed!