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CPTP156: Forrest Kinney on Pattern Based Improvisation

by Tim Topham

You’re in for a treat. Forrest Kinney is coming back on the podcast to talk about pattern based improvisation. Forrest Kinney is a strong advocate for getting all beginner piano students to improvise. His books Pattern Play and Create First help teachers to just that through the use of simple patterns that make improvisation accessible to everyone. ... CPTP156: Forrest Kinney on Pattern Based Improvisation

04/05/2019 Read more

CPTP118: The “Crisis in Creativity” with Kevin Olson

by Tim Topham

Kevin Olson is a natural composer. He started composing at a very young age and creativity seemed inevitable to him. Now, he wants to encourage that in the next generation. Apart from inspiring our students with wonderful motivating repertoire, Kevin also has some fantastic words of wisdom when it comes to including creativity in our ... CPTP118: The “Crisis in Creativity” with Kevin Olson

02/16/2018 Read more

CPTP104: Forrest Kinney on the 4 Arts of Music

by Tim Topham

Forrest Kinney and I have a lot in common. We both believe that modern classical music eduction is missing a step when it comes to teaching the creative arts. Somewhere along the way improvising, composing and arranging got cut out of the equation – and we’re fighting to get them back into piano studios around ... CPTP104: Forrest Kinney on the 4 Arts of Music

09/15/2017 Read more