Music Theory and Songwriting for Beginners!

Join this workshop to learn how to write your own music by exploring chords and melodies. We will experiment with simple yet powerful techniques to start getting creative quickly. We will begin with keyboard-based examples. However, this workshop will be relevant to all instruments. No experience required!

Your Teacher - Ryan

Ryan is a composer, author, pianist, music producer, and teacher with nearly a decade of experience. Ryan is the author of a music theory and composition textbook entitled The Theory and Creation of Music. He teaches at the Frederick Rock School, Music & Arts, and privately around the Frederick area, and online.

He has won awards for his original music, such as his first place award for Best Original Film Score in the Montgomery County Film Festival in 2011. He also has performed in prestigious venues like the Takoma Park Jazz Festival and the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. Ryan has written music in orchestral to electronic styles and performed as both a classical and jazz pianist.

Ryan holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music in Contemporary Writing and Production. He was accepted in 2013 with a scholarship and finished the four-year program only two and half years later. He has studied with great teachers such as the amazing composer and concert pianist Jeffrey Chappell. He has also studied guitar performance on the side and experiments with different instruments whenever he can.

Logistics

Please RSVP to sign up. The zoom link and payment details will be provided via email and the Meet Up messenger. If you do not receive this information, please reach out to me through the Meet Up messaging tool.

Best wishes and hope to see you there!