Bruce as music teacher

Choirs

 

QUALIFICATIONS
B. MUS Melbourne Uni 1973
Dip. Ed. Melbourne Uni 1974
Cert. IV Information Technology North Coast TAFE 1999
Cert IV Workplace Assessment North Coast TAFE 2001

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 North Coast ACE 2003

email Bruce for teaching in any of the areas below.

choirs

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Both choir and madrigal group at high school were led by Vince Kelly, the founder of the Australian Boys' Choir. Later, as a high school music teacher, Bruce was presented with many more choirs, for which he arranged and wrote. He also helped train the choir from the Institute of Early Childhood Development for the ABC's Singing and Listening program in the 70s.
Escaping Melbourne in the 80s led him to Nimbin, where he ran the Community Choir. Escaping Nimbin led him to Lismore, where he became Head of Music at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium Arts Centre(NRCAC). Whilst there, he founded Gregarious Chance in 1993, which continued as his fully privatised ensemble until 2006.
At the invitation of the local Reconciliation group in Lismore, he directed Voices Together for its first three years, and has organised a series of multi choired concerts each year in the Northern Rivers area under the title "A Choired Taste"
Bruce is available for commissions, arranging, rehearsals, workshops, or events and their seasons, and can provide scores of all his works. Works can thus be prepared before the event's rehearsals. Some works have a Standard MIDI File (SMF) available as an accompaniment, or to help learn the parts (e.g. you can put tenor part to left speaker, everything else to right)[see Cubase and Conducting below]

piano

 

 

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Bruce studied piano under Margaret Jackson, then Waldemar Seidel and Ron Farren-Price at Melbourne University Conservatorium. Initially a High School music teacher, then performer & single parent, he has now been teaching piano since 1987. Students range from beginners (age seven+), to advanced adults wanting more variety of styles. Wide repertoire available.
AMEB exam preparation as appropriate(prac or theory)/ accompanying / blues / jazz repertoire. Students achieve high scores in HSC practical requirements.
Currently teaching privately and for the Northern Rivers Conservatorium Arts Centre [NRCAC], Lismore N.S.W.

piano accordion

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Bruce has been playing accordion since 1995, when he was introduced to it by a student. He is the accordionist in world music group KaOZ Klezmer, and has taught it from beginners to HSC level.
Email your phone number for advice on purchasing from the large range of instruments available, or for a recommended repairer, beginner's books or lessons

Bruce has been writing songs for thirty years. Love songs, out of love songs, cabaret, comedy, children's, environmental and social comment, and more love songs!(see "songs" page for examples)
Lecturer to Diploma of Contemporary Music students in song writing and scoring at NRCAC for most of the 90s.
Email for topic details. Visiting lectures or one-to-one.

Cubase

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Bruce uses Cubase VST/24 to score his works, because then the same files can be used for recording sessions.
Learn to print music. It's much easier for other people to read - not to mention yourself.
Cubase is available for Macs, and PCs

Conducting

 

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Need a conductor or a teacher?
Bruce has conducted school and community choirs, instrumental groups and Orchestras, received his basic training from Jan Cook at Melbourne Uni, and has taught conducting at tertiary level himself.
This is now an Advanced Diploma of Contemporary Music national module. Learn right hand rhythmic patterns and left hand nuances of dynamics, entries, etc. in the German conducting style(c.f.French)
Teaching can be from scores and recorded music, &/or with live groups.

Musicianship
(music theory)
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It's great to know why things are so! Group tutorials or one-to-one.