Singing & Songwriting (Ages 11-16)

Teen singer-songwriters will love this fun and creative programme packed with practical techniques and tips for writing and performing catchy songs...

You’ll learn the craft of writing songs by exploring song and chord structure and how harmony and melody coexist to support the idea behind a lyric. You’ll learn basic lyrical conventions such as metaphor, rhyme, assonance, oxymorons etc and will work on creating your own songs over the programme.

You’ll also learn new singing techniques that explore how your individual voice works and how to shape a song to express yourself.

The course will also explore what's involved performance and live recording.

Feel free to bring your own instruments.

Originally from Tauranga, Tutor Brayden Jeffrey moved to Auckland to study contemporary songwriting and performance in 2011 and has been here ever since. As well as being a professional songwriter and theatre composer, he is a passionate music tutor, having taught songwriting, singing, guitar and piano in schools and privately for over 5 years. Brayden is a strong believer that fun, creativity and catered individualised learning are vital ingredients in Arts education.