I would like to thank you for access to your wonderful site and resources.

It is a brilliantly put together series and you obviously have been a working musician as the material is all crafted from a very real, practical point of view.

Jim Wallace, HOD

Kamo High School, Whangarei

The Contemporary Music Course is a resource for Music Educators and a course for Independent Students. It allows anyone, anywhere, to study music with a series of short, easy to follow on-line lessons that apply to every style of music.

For Music Educators

Give the course to all your teachers and all your students with a single annual Educators Subscription.

The use of videos allows the eye and the ear to work together which makes learning more efficient. If a point is missed, the video may be repeated.

The Contemporary Music Course will complement your classroom lessons moving sequentially through to advanced composing and arranging.

The tutor is an award winning professional composer and arranger of pop, orchestral, jazz or whatever music he was commissioned to write by the film companies, advertising agencies or theatre producers that hired him.

 

For Independent Students

No prior knowledge of music is needed. All you need, is an internet connection, a music keyboard and to be able to print the assignments and other material.

Then you can print your answers and see how well you did. You will also see where you went wrong (if you did). 

On completion of the course, you will have an understanding of how to write for a band or orchestra. Then you can spend the rest of your life developing this wonderful and exciting craft.

The Contemporary Music Course was developed by New Zealand based musician and composer Clive Cockburn. It is based on his lifetime as a professional composer and brings his easy going approach to teaching music.

For Independent Students

Are you an independent student who wants to learn music at your own pace?

Only pay a one time subscription of $99.95 (NZD) for a lifetime of access.

For Educators

Are you an educator with multiple students?
One low annual subscription covers all your students.

Complete access to the Contemporary Music Course for the teacher and their students for just $99.95 (NZD) annually.

A distinct advantage in the classroom, for me, is that fact that you present these ‘sessions’ in nice bite size chunks so that the teacher can easily discuss immediately afterwards.

Trevor Thwaites, PhD, MEd, Bmus, DipTchg

Principal Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland