Update: This event will now take place on Zoom. Zoom links will be emailed out to GSO members before the day. If you would like to join in as a non-GSO member, please contact us separately for the link.
Join Prof Richard Michael BEM in a guided tour, where he will explain his approach to improvisation in all styles. Richard will show how jazz pianists and baroque specialist use the same tools in improvising, and will give practical instruction on how to change the basic harmonies found in many hymn books.
Richard is Honorary Professor of jazz piano at St Andrews University, and has received much praise for his new book Jazz Piano for Kids, published by Hal Leonard. He can be heard most Sunday nights on BBC Radio Scotland, analysing tunes from The Great American Songbook on Jazz Nights.
Please bring a copy of CH4 if possible.