We run daily music lessons and courses and have a number of highly qualified music tutors at our disposal.
We teach a range of instruments (piano, guitar, drums, accordion, woodwind and brass). In addition tuition is available for singing, music theory, composition, song-writing, music technology and audio production.
Our full list of subjects are as follows:
All standard lessons are £15 per half hour (one to one) with lessons available between the hours of 10am and 7pm most days.
Group lesson are availabe please contact use for prices.
Payments
Payments can be made via Cheque or Cash. (Cheques should be made out to Pocklington Music).
All lesson fees are due in advance of your lesson. There are NO REFUNDS on unused or cancelled lesson.
Block booking of lessons is available for one to one session (All music technology & composition courses must be paid for in full prior to the start of the course).
We offer music lesson gift vouchers in our online shop if required.
Cancellation Policies
Cancellation of a lesson must be made AT LEAST 24 hours prior to the scheduled lesson time in order for payment not to be required.
Cancellation of lessons can be made by leaving messages on the answering machine, eMail or in person.
No shows or failure to notify the Pocklington Music within 24 hours is considered a forfeited lesson.
If you know of dates ahead of time where you/your child cannot make a lesson, please notify us when booking/paying for your lessons.
There are NO refunds on unused or cancelled lessons.
Should you choose to take a break, unused lessons can be banked for you for a period of 3 months. Unused lessons after that time will be considered forfeited.
Credits CANNOT be transferred from teacher to teacher
Should you decide to stop taking lessons altogether, please give us 2 lessons notice.
All of our tutors are DBS checked and the School is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians.
We have tutors and staff who are members of The Guild of Northern Media Composers
Music Technology Courses
Course 1
INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
AIMS: This course will equip students with the skills and the know-how as well as demystify the hardware and software required to create and produce professionally sounding music at home. This course will also provide participants with the necessary information and guidance in order to create music at home, set-up and how to use current music technology software from basic recording and sequencing to sampling and synthesis.
SUITABLE FOR For anyone interested in making music with modern technology
Duration: 6 weeks (Saturday 2pm-4pm) for next course start please e-mail pocklingtonmusic@gmail.com
Cost: £120 per course
Participants: 2-4
Course 2
SONGWRITING AND COMPOSING
AIMS: This course is open-ended and offers composing and songwriting tuition in a supportive environment and give the student opportunities to develop as a songwriter and performer. During workshop sessions students will learn a wide range of composing techniques and song-writing skills.
SUITABLE FOR anyone 12+
Duration: Open (Time to be arranged )
Cost: £30 per session
Participants: 1-4
Course 3
INTRODUCTION TO EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
AIMS: This course will introduce the techniques for composing experimental music, giving students the opportunity to create their own compositions.
SUITABLE FOR anyone 14+
Duration: 10 weeks (Saturdays 2pm-4pm) inc 1 hour untutored studio time each week
Cost: £200 per course
Participants: 1-4
Course 4
INTRODUCTION TO HOME STUDIO RECORDING
AIMS & OBJECTIVES: To enable participants to create and produce music in a home studio and to provide participants with the necessary information and guidance to be able to optimise a own home studio set-up and to use current music technology software. (Suitable for: 12+)
SUITABLE FOR: anyone who is wanting to make music with a home studio
By the end of the course participants will:
This largely practical course will also contain supporting literature and will explore the role of home music production in modern music
Duration: 10 weeks (Saturday Afternoons 2pm-4pm) inc 1 hour untutored studio time each week
Cost: £200 per course
Participants: 1-4
Course 5
Introduction to Ableton Live
AIMS: The Live Courses aims to provide students with all the knowledge necessary to start making music with Ableton Live. As well as being guided through areas of the software, the modules also provide more generic information about music, performance and production, to help achieve a more thorough understanding of how music is created. At the end of the course, students should have all the basic skills required to produce their own tracks, with the 14 modules going from the jamming stage right through to final mastering. Students are even introduced to important sound creation methods, such as sampling and synthesizing.
SUITABLE FOR anyone interested in learning to use Ableton Live
Week 1 - Introduction to the Course and Live Basic Concepts.
The session introduces the course style and preferred working methods then moves onto the first steps with Live, beginning with the preferences and setting up and then moving onto the software modes, layout, file management and the Browser, analysis files, audio formats and Project folders.
Week 2 - Playing Audio Clips in Session View Mode.
Covers how to play audio clips together by triggering, arranging, copying and pasting we then look at tempo control and global quantisation. Also basic clip editing, such as warping, setting of start and end positions, looping. Grooves and Key mapping are also introduced.
Week 3 - How to Create and Edit MIDI Clips.
The session looks at what a MIDI clip is and the various ways it can be created, such as writing or playing. Then how to edit a MIDI clip, focussing on note length, pitch, quantisation and velocity. Also introduces overdub and shows saving of MIDI clips into the Browser.
Week 4 - Moving From Session to Arrangement View - From Playing to Producing.
The session shows how to create and work with Scenes, then the different ways that tracks can be shifted from Session to Arrangement view, to help better understand how one mode relates to another. Covers dragging and dropping and recording tracks in directly, then basic layout and editing techniques as well as navigation in the Arrangement window.
Week 5 - Recording Audio.
The session explains the basics of audio recording, such as how to set up a track's input and monitoring settings. Shows the metronome and various ways that audio can be recorded, such as with a count-in or using record punch in and out. Also shows the handling and editing of recorded audio, including scrubbing, splitting, consolidating, non-destructive editing and the differences between editing on the track and in the clip view.
Week 6 - Processing Audio - Basic Compression and Filtering.
This week we explore how to add one or more devices to tracks and how to manage them, then explains device presets and hot swapping. Explains the basics of compression, and provides a comprehensive guide to the most important parameters. Also introduces the concept of filtering and manipulating of frequencies.
Week 7 - Building a Drum Track.
The session describes the process of constructing beats using Impulse. How to import samples then how to trigger them. How to edit individual sample parameters, such as decay, pitch, panning, filtering and saturation. How to record or write in a beat, then how to edit it afterwards, as well as add processing like compression.
Week 8 - Mixing a Track.
Covers working with the mixer in both the Session and Arrangement window, showing all the different parameters available. Shows equalisation, track grouping, routing, sends/returns and various mixing techniques.
Week 9 - DJing with Live.
Shows how to set up tracks for DJing in the Session view. Explains more about setting beat markers and warping, then how to set up cueing of tracks, how to perform with the crossfader. Also shows how to use various audio effects like the DJ EQ and delays.
Week 10 - Basic Sampling.
Explains what a sampler is and how it works. Shows how to import sounds into Simpler and then how to edit them, showing trimming, transposition and looping. Introduces envelopes, starting with amplitude envelopes and moving onto filter envelopes. Briefly shows LFO modulation and some more advanced parameters available in Sampler, such as graphical envelope editing and multi-sample keyboard mapping.
Week 11 - Introduction to Synthesis.
Explains the basics of synthesis using a range of hardware synthesisers as examples. Showing the main parameters available in each synth section, demonstrating oscillator waveforms and pitch, and envelope and LFO modulation. Ends by showing how to use this knowledge to create unique programs in Live.
Week 12 - Basic Mastering.
Explains what mastering is and shows the various stages, focussing mainly on multiband compression and limiting. Also shows Spectral Analysis and EQ, more subtle refining techniques and how to export your final track.
Week 13 - More on MIDI - MIDI Controlling and Effects.
Explains more about MIDI controllers - what they are and how they can be used within Live. Shows MIDI map mode and the mapping Browser. Also covers MIDI effects, mainly focussing on the Arpeggiator.
Week 14 - Introduction to Device Racks.
Explains what a device rack is, the different types available and the concept of chains and macro controls. Teaches how to build a multiband compressor using a rack and Live's other devices. Shows some examples of Instrument Racks. Runs through Drum Racks and shows how to edit and build beats with them.
Week 15 - Introduction to Max for Live.
Explains what Max for Live is and how to use it in Ableton. The session also teaches how to build a Max instrument and a Max effects processor
Duration: 15 weeks (Saturday Afternoons 2pm - 4pm) inc 1 hour untutored studio time each week
Cost: £200 per course
Participants: 1-4
We teach a range of instruments (piano, guitar, drums, accordion, woodwind and brass). In addition tuition is available for singing, music theory, composition, song-writing, music technology and audio production.
Our full list of subjects are as follows:
- Guitar, Bass & Ukulele
- Piano and Keyboards
- Trumpet & Brass
- Singing & Music Theory
- Piano Accordion
- Clarinet, Saxophone & Flute
- Violin & Cello
- Music Composition
- Songwriting
- Drums & Percussion
- Music Technology
All standard lessons are £15 per half hour (one to one) with lessons available between the hours of 10am and 7pm most days.
Group lesson are availabe please contact use for prices.
Payments
Payments can be made via Cheque or Cash. (Cheques should be made out to Pocklington Music).
All lesson fees are due in advance of your lesson. There are NO REFUNDS on unused or cancelled lesson.
Block booking of lessons is available for one to one session (All music technology & composition courses must be paid for in full prior to the start of the course).
We offer music lesson gift vouchers in our online shop if required.
Cancellation Policies
Cancellation of a lesson must be made AT LEAST 24 hours prior to the scheduled lesson time in order for payment not to be required.
Cancellation of lessons can be made by leaving messages on the answering machine, eMail or in person.
No shows or failure to notify the Pocklington Music within 24 hours is considered a forfeited lesson.
If you know of dates ahead of time where you/your child cannot make a lesson, please notify us when booking/paying for your lessons.
There are NO refunds on unused or cancelled lessons.
Should you choose to take a break, unused lessons can be banked for you for a period of 3 months. Unused lessons after that time will be considered forfeited.
Credits CANNOT be transferred from teacher to teacher
Should you decide to stop taking lessons altogether, please give us 2 lessons notice.
All of our tutors are DBS checked and the School is a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians.
We have tutors and staff who are members of The Guild of Northern Media Composers
Music Technology Courses
Course 1
INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE MUSIC TECHNOLOGY
AIMS: This course will equip students with the skills and the know-how as well as demystify the hardware and software required to create and produce professionally sounding music at home. This course will also provide participants with the necessary information and guidance in order to create music at home, set-up and how to use current music technology software from basic recording and sequencing to sampling and synthesis.
SUITABLE FOR For anyone interested in making music with modern technology
Duration: 6 weeks (Saturday 2pm-4pm) for next course start please e-mail pocklingtonmusic@gmail.com
Cost: £120 per course
Participants: 2-4
Course 2
SONGWRITING AND COMPOSING
AIMS: This course is open-ended and offers composing and songwriting tuition in a supportive environment and give the student opportunities to develop as a songwriter and performer. During workshop sessions students will learn a wide range of composing techniques and song-writing skills.
SUITABLE FOR anyone 12+
Duration: Open (Time to be arranged )
Cost: £30 per session
Participants: 1-4
Course 3
INTRODUCTION TO EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
AIMS: This course will introduce the techniques for composing experimental music, giving students the opportunity to create their own compositions.
SUITABLE FOR anyone 14+
Duration: 10 weeks (Saturdays 2pm-4pm) inc 1 hour untutored studio time each week
Cost: £200 per course
Participants: 1-4
Course 4
INTRODUCTION TO HOME STUDIO RECORDING
AIMS & OBJECTIVES: To enable participants to create and produce music in a home studio and to provide participants with the necessary information and guidance to be able to optimise a own home studio set-up and to use current music technology software. (Suitable for: 12+)
SUITABLE FOR: anyone who is wanting to make music with a home studio
By the end of the course participants will:
- Be familiar with key features of modern digital audio workstation software (Ableton Live, Reason, Reaper, Sonar or Pro Tools)
- Understand how to record, import, edit, manipulate and export audio.
- Understand how to record, sequence and edit MIDI.
- Understand the applications of signal and effects processing such as compressors, noise gates, reverb, delay and modulation fx
- Understand the parameters and application of equalisation.
- Understand the design and use of different types of microphones
This largely practical course will also contain supporting literature and will explore the role of home music production in modern music
Duration: 10 weeks (Saturday Afternoons 2pm-4pm) inc 1 hour untutored studio time each week
Cost: £200 per course
Participants: 1-4
Course 5
Introduction to Ableton Live
AIMS: The Live Courses aims to provide students with all the knowledge necessary to start making music with Ableton Live. As well as being guided through areas of the software, the modules also provide more generic information about music, performance and production, to help achieve a more thorough understanding of how music is created. At the end of the course, students should have all the basic skills required to produce their own tracks, with the 14 modules going from the jamming stage right through to final mastering. Students are even introduced to important sound creation methods, such as sampling and synthesizing.
SUITABLE FOR anyone interested in learning to use Ableton Live
Week 1 - Introduction to the Course and Live Basic Concepts.
The session introduces the course style and preferred working methods then moves onto the first steps with Live, beginning with the preferences and setting up and then moving onto the software modes, layout, file management and the Browser, analysis files, audio formats and Project folders.
Week 2 - Playing Audio Clips in Session View Mode.
Covers how to play audio clips together by triggering, arranging, copying and pasting we then look at tempo control and global quantisation. Also basic clip editing, such as warping, setting of start and end positions, looping. Grooves and Key mapping are also introduced.
Week 3 - How to Create and Edit MIDI Clips.
The session looks at what a MIDI clip is and the various ways it can be created, such as writing or playing. Then how to edit a MIDI clip, focussing on note length, pitch, quantisation and velocity. Also introduces overdub and shows saving of MIDI clips into the Browser.
Week 4 - Moving From Session to Arrangement View - From Playing to Producing.
The session shows how to create and work with Scenes, then the different ways that tracks can be shifted from Session to Arrangement view, to help better understand how one mode relates to another. Covers dragging and dropping and recording tracks in directly, then basic layout and editing techniques as well as navigation in the Arrangement window.
Week 5 - Recording Audio.
The session explains the basics of audio recording, such as how to set up a track's input and monitoring settings. Shows the metronome and various ways that audio can be recorded, such as with a count-in or using record punch in and out. Also shows the handling and editing of recorded audio, including scrubbing, splitting, consolidating, non-destructive editing and the differences between editing on the track and in the clip view.
Week 6 - Processing Audio - Basic Compression and Filtering.
This week we explore how to add one or more devices to tracks and how to manage them, then explains device presets and hot swapping. Explains the basics of compression, and provides a comprehensive guide to the most important parameters. Also introduces the concept of filtering and manipulating of frequencies.
Week 7 - Building a Drum Track.
The session describes the process of constructing beats using Impulse. How to import samples then how to trigger them. How to edit individual sample parameters, such as decay, pitch, panning, filtering and saturation. How to record or write in a beat, then how to edit it afterwards, as well as add processing like compression.
Week 8 - Mixing a Track.
Covers working with the mixer in both the Session and Arrangement window, showing all the different parameters available. Shows equalisation, track grouping, routing, sends/returns and various mixing techniques.
Week 9 - DJing with Live.
Shows how to set up tracks for DJing in the Session view. Explains more about setting beat markers and warping, then how to set up cueing of tracks, how to perform with the crossfader. Also shows how to use various audio effects like the DJ EQ and delays.
Week 10 - Basic Sampling.
Explains what a sampler is and how it works. Shows how to import sounds into Simpler and then how to edit them, showing trimming, transposition and looping. Introduces envelopes, starting with amplitude envelopes and moving onto filter envelopes. Briefly shows LFO modulation and some more advanced parameters available in Sampler, such as graphical envelope editing and multi-sample keyboard mapping.
Week 11 - Introduction to Synthesis.
Explains the basics of synthesis using a range of hardware synthesisers as examples. Showing the main parameters available in each synth section, demonstrating oscillator waveforms and pitch, and envelope and LFO modulation. Ends by showing how to use this knowledge to create unique programs in Live.
Week 12 - Basic Mastering.
Explains what mastering is and shows the various stages, focussing mainly on multiband compression and limiting. Also shows Spectral Analysis and EQ, more subtle refining techniques and how to export your final track.
Week 13 - More on MIDI - MIDI Controlling and Effects.
Explains more about MIDI controllers - what they are and how they can be used within Live. Shows MIDI map mode and the mapping Browser. Also covers MIDI effects, mainly focussing on the Arpeggiator.
Week 14 - Introduction to Device Racks.
Explains what a device rack is, the different types available and the concept of chains and macro controls. Teaches how to build a multiband compressor using a rack and Live's other devices. Shows some examples of Instrument Racks. Runs through Drum Racks and shows how to edit and build beats with them.
Week 15 - Introduction to Max for Live.
Explains what Max for Live is and how to use it in Ableton. The session also teaches how to build a Max instrument and a Max effects processor
Duration: 15 weeks (Saturday Afternoons 2pm - 4pm) inc 1 hour untutored studio time each week
Cost: £200 per course
Participants: 1-4