The United Conservatory of Music has, for many years, offered world-class guitar lessons in Calgary. Our Guitar Program is very ambitious by offering a complete variety of styles, starting with Classical and Flamenco, and including Rock, Blues, and Jazz, among other styles. Students are exposed to 2 main guitar playing techniques:
1. Classical Technique; &
2. Plectrum Technique
If you’re looking for the best piano lessons in Calgary, look no further!
We offer a FREE consultation for you or your child, in order to recommend which way to go:
- Classical piano lessons, or
- Pop piano lessons
Our classical piano lessons use the Royal Conservatory graded syllabus as its core curriculum, which is supplemented to suit the student’s particular interests. Concerts, master classes and festivals give students an opportunity to apply the knowledge they gain in the classroom. Exams, done independently by the Royal Conservatory, give parents and students feedback on their progress. In addition, the music school provides instruction in theory: rudiments, harmony, history, counterpoint, and analysis.
Our pop piano lessons use additional materials, which are eventually integrated to provide a survey of modern styles for the student, including: Jazz, Blues, Rock, and Pop. The popular repertoire, in addition to regular solo presentations at recitals and festivals, gives students opportunities for ensemble work, either with other keyboard instruments, or as part of a band.
If you’re reading this page about singing lessons, it’s quite possible you’ve also been following the great success of TV shows like American Idol, Glee, The Voice, etc.
If you’d like the opportunity to learn to sing like your favourite stars (pop or classical), our singing lessons, right here in Calgary, are exactly what you need to get started!
We offer programs for every age group. For adults we even have an exciting and fun new program we call the UCOM Renaissance Singing Program.
So as you can see, regardless of your age, our voice program is a very dynamic, fast-growing, and rewarding experience here at the United Conservatory of Music. LEARN MORE….
The UCOM Drums & Percussion Program
he UCOM Drums & Percussion Program is designed to offer exploration and discovery of the exciting world of percussion thus promoting young talent in this field as well. This is also a graded program with official exams and certification of studies. This program opens this Summer and we will also have a spectacular feature presentation of it withing 30 square meters of percussion instruments all being played on stage at the same time. LEARN MORE…
The UCOM Junior Violin Program
The UCOM Junior Violin Program is mainly designed to search and develop fresh talent among children and teenagers and give them a particular sense of practical purpose and direction. Just opened a couple of months ago and we are already visualizing some ensemble possibilities. At our Summer Music Festival on July 13, we will feature a special duo presentation for violin and piano of Por Una Cabeza, a tango by Carlos Gardel.
In addition to the students learning how to read music, and how to play their instruments, it is necessary for the students to learn about the fundamentals of music, how it works, and why it works. It is only then that students start establishing practical connections between music and their self-expressions of original musical ideas. Eventually, students find themselves not limited to what other composers created. At least, they do not only rely on just their memory to learn musical selections.
By developing their musical literacy, they are better equipped to understand the particulars of the piece they undertake, and, therefore, eliminate mistakes. Becoming musically literate goes farther beyond just meeting RCM’s theoretical requirements on the Syllabus. All this is accomplished by the Music Theory courses offered at United Conservatory of Music. The different ‘Royal Conservatory’ theory courses offered are: LEARN MORE….
Talent Development Calgary
Here at United Conservatory of Music, we strive to give a sense of purpose to our music students, as well as to add practical applications to the talent and efforts made by them.
That’s why we promote development of musical talent in the following ways: LEARN MORE…