Music Lessons

At Jazz Workshop there are qualified teachers offering individual music lessons on a wide range of instruments, plus tuition in jazz improvisation. All our teachers are experienced, professional educators. Each of them is also a working musician of note.

Music lessons are available on: Saxophone, voice, guitar, trumpet, piano and keyboard, trombone, flute, clarinet, drums, bass, violin, and jazz improvisation

Beginners to advanced, all are welcome!

Jazz Workshop Teaching Faculty:

• Jeremy Borthwick: trombone
• Gai Bryant: saxophone, flute
• Greg Burgett: Piano
• Jamie Cameron: drums
• Brendan Clarke: double bass, electric bass
• Jo Fabro: voice
• Peter Farrar: saxophone
• Dave Goodman: drums
• John Harkins: Piano
• Jane Irving: voice
• Ellen Kirkwood: trumpet
• Paul Murchison: trumpet
• Anna Okunev: violin
• Matt Ottignon: saxophone, clarinet
• Saul Richardson: guitar, bass, jazz improvisation
• James Ryan: saxophone, flute
• Richard Savery: saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet

Lessons are mostly available in thirty minute and one hour slots. The cost is $38 per thirty minutes for all instruments for lessons paid in advance. Casual lessons are $45 per thirty minutes. Students of all ages and standards are welcome.

It can be hard to find a good teacher who isn't focused on exams or eisteddfods. Especially one who will still give serious, structured lessons to ensure progress. We have taken care of that for you: Every teacher running their studio at the Jazz Workshop has been hand picked by us. If they don't meet strict educational criteria (not to mention child protection obligations), we don't invite them to teach here. Simple as that. You can rest assured that any teacher at the Jazz Workshop will give great, effective lessons.

Preparing students for HSC, school music, and university auditions is a specialty. We can also provide professional accompanists for our students for exams and other performances. We love to help students to achieve their best when it really matters. In 2009 all of our HSC students performed extremely well, most achieving 90% or higher in their music courses ("Band 6").

In 2009, every student who came to us for audition preparation got into the course they wanted. Most of these successfully auditioned for the Jazz course at the Sydney Conservatorium. Of course we can't guarantee anyone will get into "The Con": it relies on lots of hard work over a long time by the student, and depends on the mix of instruments being taken into the course in a given year. We can certainly help give a student their best chance.

Lessons are paid in advance, usually for a school term or blocks of ten. At least 24 hours notice is required to reschedule a lesson. We will only reschedule once per term. If your account remains unpaid by the second week of term we may make your lesson time available to someone else.

Before you start music lessons at the Jazz Workshop, please take a moment to read our TERMS AND CONDITIONS