Education
Bandstand Learning with Role Models (20th year)
Bandstand Learning with Role ModelsTM is a Shanti Music Education program that is produced every April at Jazzaar Festival Aarau, in Switzerland.
Bandstand Learning with Role ModelsTM has equipped many a young musician with high aspirations in pursuing excellence with the task at hand. Its alumni are known for continuing to contribute professionalism in any field they have since ventured into. Naturally many have also gone to lead a life of music successfully both within the country and internationally. The emphasis of this educational concept is on Role Modeling, that which requires exemplary mentors for effective motivation of learners into emulating them in the art of music making and problem solving.
Watch video of a Bandstand Learning with Role ModelsTM production below!
Clarinet Concerto – Concerto For Charles
Written by Fritz Renold - Featuring Christoph Schnyder (cl) - Directed by Christian Jacob.
Performed by: Steve Reid (tp), Tom Garling (tb), Kevin Axt (bs), Ray Brinker (dr), Urs Burkard (tp), Simon Stücheli (tp), Maja Haus (tp), Sebastian Krebs (tb), Christian Dysli (tb), Dimitri Spiess (tb), Diandra Russo (as), Christoph Huber (ts), Michael Zinniker (ts), Nick Zihlmann (bs), Marcel Czaja (pn) and Nicolas Czaja (bs)
Instrumental & Vocal Lessons
Welcome to Shanti Music’s Saxophone Lessons! We have prepared an effective lesson plan for a steady progress in your proficiency as a saxophonist.
Welcome to Shanti Music’s voice-training program! We have prepared an effective lesson plan for a steady progress in training your singing voice
Give us a call or send us an email, via our Contact page, adding Saxophone Lessons and Voice Training in the subject, depending on what you are interested in.
A Music Vacation Week for Music Amateurs!
Get away from your work routine to rejuvenate your mind, body and soul in our ‘Music Vacation’ programs where YOU can relax and make music in a group with other music enthusiasts like yourself! Find inspiration for your soul in the ambience of peaceful waters, snow capped mountains or in the intriguing settings of monasteries and castles of Europe.
Join a ear training class or a course in Arranging for Small Ensemble in the mornings. Take off in the afternoons for a hike, bike riding, swimming, shoping etc or just sit back and relax. Perform in the evening before a small audience at the jam session organized for you.
All this while you still enjoy the comforts of a vacation with fine dining and warm & cozy hotel rooms.
A Music Weekend for Enthusiasts!
We offer the two-day Music Weekend as an opportunity to improve your musical skills, knowledge and creativity. Enrich your experience of music making in a group coached by star coaches and experts.
Hang out with your new colleagues and coaches during meals or enjoy a peaceful solitude in your own comfortable hotel haven.
Book your Music Vacation or Music Weekend NOW for the October season in 2012. Contact Us!
© P. di Renzo 
© Gildas Boclé For the mind, body & soul
Berklee Program
Berklee Program
We prepare music students for higher education through our listening and writing courses compatible with Berklee College of Music, Boston-USA. Upon successfully completing our program students save financially when able to test out of courses at Berklee and earn credits for the Bachelor’s program.
Course Packages available at Shanti Music:
- Ear Training 1-2
- Harmony 1-2
For only CHF 1,800/- per semester (15 sessions @ (maximum) 2 x 50 minute lessons per session)
- Ear Training 1-2
- Harmony 1-2
- Arranging 1-2
For only CHF 2,400/- per semester (15 sessions @ (maximum) 3 x 50 minute lessons per session)
- Ear Training 1-2
- Harmony 1-2
- Arranging 1-2
- Ensemble
For only CHF 2,800/- per semester (15 sessions @ (maximum) 4 x 50 minute lessons per session)
- Ear Training 1-2
- Harmony 1-2
- Arranging 1-2
- Ensemble
- Private Instrumental Instruction
For only CHF 3,200/- per semester (15 sessions @ (maximum) 5 x 50 minute lessons per session)
- Ear Training 3
- Harmony 3
- Arranging 3
- Ensemble
- Private Instrumental Instruction
For only CHF 3,200/- per semester (15 sessions @ (maximum) 5 x 50 minute lessons per session)
- Ear Training 1-2
- Harmony 1-2
- Song Writing 1-2
For only CHF 2,400/- per semester (15 sessions @ (maximum) 3 x 50 minute lessons per session)
- Songwriting 1-2
- Ear Training 1-3
- Harmony 1-3
- Arranging 1-3
- Ensemble
- Private Instrumental Instruction
Each subject for only CHF 1,200/- per semester (15 sessions @ (maximum) 1 x 50 minute lessons per session)
Please Contact Us indicating Theory of Music in the ‘Subject’ box and providing a brief description of your musical background / education in music.
Educational Design
Pedagogy
Whether you’ve chosen to approach teaching music in a classroom setting, individual basis or even in a practical music making situation, you can rely on our skills and experience for developing just the appropriate curriculum to lead your students to the goal you have envisioned together.
Workshops and clinics in music pedagogy are available upon request.
Topics include:
- learning on the bandstand
- classroom teaching
- setting learning objectives
- setting dispositional objectives
- ensembles
- curriculum writing
- etc…
Curriculum Development for Music Teachers and Schools
For achieving success in an educational process it is crucial to possess a thorough know-how in curriculum writing as much as in the subject matter that is taught. Thus our experts in educational design will work together with the teacher or faculty of a subject field in achieving the ideal education design for your institution.
Contact us for:
- Consultation in Curriculum Development
- A professionally developed curriculum template for defining purposes, objectives and goals with transparent teaching-learning processes complete with evaluation plan and procedures!