Music Education
The Premises Music Education Programme works quietly behind the scenes here running courses for aspiring musicians.
The Premises Music Education Programme works quietly behind the scenes here running courses for aspiring musicians.
June 2023 Newsletter
/in All News, NewsletterPSYCHIATRIST QUOTE OF THE MONTH “At this point, let me affirm as emphatically and categorically as I may, that I do not consider the enjoyment of recorded music is in itself, any indication of abnormality or psychopathological disturbance.” Dr. H. Bowes, 1957 Well, we here at Premises HQ can’t work out if the above finding, clearly […]
Michele Kirsch interviews…
/in All News, NewsletterLAKE TURNER AND WEM about their EP: Shelter on A Hill Q1: I am interested in the collaborative process when it’s not cut and dry, like this one does the words, that one does the music. You both must be on the same page, to some extent, musically. Can you talk a bit how you […]
Yolanda Charles – Masterclass in Musicianship for Rhythm Sections – 19th August 2023
/in All News, Workshops and CoursesOn Saturday 19th August, we’ve got an intensive one-day Masterclass by bass player extraordinaire Yolanda Charles MBE, focusing on musical development for bass and drum players. Yolanda, who has played and/or toured with Robbie Williams, Paul Weller, Squeeze and Hans Zimmer amongst others, will help those who play or want to play rhythm professionally, to […]
25th Annual Summer Piano Week – 1st – 5th August 2023
/in All News, Workshops and CoursesWe’re back with another legendary Piano Week, running from 1-5th August 2023. Immerse yourself in four days of intensive tuition in jazz, blues, funk and Latin style piano, with modules on improvisation, rhythm, harmony and modal jazz. Followed by a fifth day in Studio A, recording your own trio track (you on a grand piano that was […]
Backing Vocals course: July 20th, 21st, 22nd with Lurine Cato MBE – SOLD OUT!
/in All News, Workshops and CoursesAre you a good singer who’d like to get work with a performing band, or a good singer who’d like to explore the possibility of Backing Vocals? If so, then we’ve got you sorted with one of the most in-demand Session Vocalists, Lurine Cato MBE, teaching this course here. Backing Vocals is not just about wearing matching outfits, […]
April 2023 Newsletter
/in All News, NewsletterStop us if you’ve heard this one before. No, don’t. We’re gonna tell it anyway, cos that’s the Dad joke way we roll… STALLONE: I’m making a movie about composers. I’m playing Beethoven.VAN DAMME: I’ll be Mozart.SCHWARZENEGGER: Stop it guys. I’m not saying it. March was a busy old month, which is how we like it, the halls all […]
March 2023 Newsletter
/in All News, NewsletterQUOTE OF THE MONTH “I could never make love to music because I’m not into the woman, I’m into, wait, what did the saxophone play in the sixth bar? Oh man, Jesus, that was not good!” — Burt Bacharach to David Toop (GQ, 1996) Yeah, OK, we’re not gonna do a straw poll about what […]
January 2022 Newsletter
/in All News, NewsletterQUOTE OF THE MONTH“There’s nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.” Carson McCullers RHYTHM SECTION MASTERCLASSOn February 11th, we’re thrilled to be hosting an intensive one-day Masterclass by bass player extraordinaire Yolanda Charles MBE. The full day session will be focussed on musical […]