Jazz Coaching and Consulting

Chuck discovered many years ago that there are people that, although classically trained and play for personal enjoyment, have a deep desire to improve their skills by learning to improvise like a jazz musician.

Chuck coaches and teaches the stuff that is not in books anywhere and usually only available through professional relationships with other working musicians.

Chuck does it through 1-on-1 personal sessions that last an hour or so and, if not weekly, are about a month apart.

Church Musicians

An informal survey of church musicians (all instruments) revealed that if there was one thing that they could study to improve their music skills for playing praise and worship services, it would be to improvise like a jazz musician.

Therefore Chuck wrote a novel called "Rhythms of Change" that contains God’s Rules For Music. The book provides the basis for a series of seminars for church musicians. (See Music/Author)

Each seminar is taught in a “combo” setting.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

June 1, 2010 - June featured member of the Greater Marietta Music Teachers Association
May 10, 2010 - Chuck launches his Piano Studio at Southern Keyboards. Click for info.
May 1, 2010 - Chuck releases his latest CD "I Take Requests". Click to Listen

KEY PERFORMANCES

March 13, 2010 - Chuck concert at Southern Keyboards, Marietta, GA 7pm for prospective piano students
November 9, 2008 - Chuck inducted as an International Steinway Artist
October 12, 2008 - Chuck plays the Georgia State University Jazz Pianists Summit

QUOTES

"Information without inspiration is useless." - Dwight Keith

"The heart has a thousand strings that can only be played with love." Hafiz

"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. I, for one, believe the piano player job to be much more honorable than current politicians." - President Harry Truman

"Where words fail, music speaks." - Hans Christian Anderson

"Music touches places in the soul that words will never reach"

"Teaching is not a science; it is an art. If teaching were a science there would be a best way of teaching and everyone would have to teach like that. Since teaching is not a science, there is great latitude and much possibility for personal differences."
- From The Goals of Mathematical Education by George Polya (circa 1969)

"At a reverent performance of music, God is always at hand with his gracious presence."
- Johann Sebastian Bach, The Fifth Evangelist.

“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy: but most importantly music, for in the patterns of music and all the arts are the keys of learning.”
- Plato

“GOOD teachers are costly; BAD teachers cost even more.”