Bradley Sowash

Bradley Sowash is a composer, creative pianist, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, author, and educator specializing in improvisation. He has performed in every imaginable setting from living rooms, churches and jazz clubs to major concert venues both here and abroad for over thirty years. His broadcast credits include seven seasons of appearances on the PBS-TV series, The Piano Guy, and National Public Radio has aired selections from his nine CDs. He teaches master classes nationwide and co-founded 88 Creative Key Workshops and Webinars with Leila Viss. The Neil A. Kjos Music Company publishes his widely acclaimed keyboard improvisation books and Augsburg Fortress Press has published several volumes of his hymn arrangements

For The Beauty Of The Earth by Mark Sabbatini
For the Beauty of the Earth by David Rickert

December 08, 2010

New Christmas CD: Fum Bells--Live! by Bradley Sowash

April 25, 2008

Ohio Piano Teacher Training in Columbus Throughout June

He can really move an audience along with zest and wit. - Billboard Magazine

Sowash's music powerfully conjures the moods. - Village Voice

Bradley Sowash is quite simply one of the best pianists on the contemporary scene. - Solo Piano Publications

Primary Instrument

Piano

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Want to have more fun playing or teaching piano? Learn to “do your own thing” with Pop, Blues, and Jazz standards. These are interactive “live” group lessons, not pre-produced videos. Watch replay videos of lessons you miss or want to review on YouTube (group lessons only). 8-week terms have clear pre-set topics, tunes, and takeaways. No long-longterm commitment. 75-minute “one-hour” classes include a 15 minute buffer to allow for potential tech glitches that are inherent to the internet and a “softer” end point. Multiple angles: see instructor’s face, piano keys, and instant notated examples. Opt for active participation on or watch passively off camera (group lessons only). Share videos and network with fellow participants in a private Facebook group.

Clinic/Workshop Information

Primary Instrument

Piano

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

Clinic/Workshop Information

1. That’s Jazz Student Master Class Do your students use the That’s Jazz books? Arrange a Bradley Sowash festival and give your students the thrill of learning directly from a leader in modern creative piano pedagogy. Students prepare 2 pieces at their level from one of Bradley Sowash’s “That’s Jazz” Method, Performance or Christmas books. Bradley Sowash offers students brief personalized coaching on their chosen pieces, in public. A written evaluation of each performance is provided. Students are motivated to prepare by the opportunity to meet the composer, take pictures, get autographs, etc.4th grader The best masterclass students and Improvisation groups are invited to perform in a non-competitive public concert Bradley Sowash “jams” along on a second piano with the students playing solo pieces. The event concludes with Bradley Sowash then performing a short solo piano concert. His rare combination of improvisational virtuosity and accessible jazz has delighted listeners both here and abroad for over 30 years. 2. Improvising is for Everyone (all instruments) Eye players read music. Ear players improvise. To play contemporary music, students need experience in both yet improvisation is often missing from their curriculum. Rather than feel limited to reproducing the notes on the page, Sowash helps students understand how they came to be there in the first place by tapping into their creative music-making impulses.

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