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Conservatory Canada Presents: Guide to Contemporary Idioms – Who is Beethoven? Keeping Tweens and Teens in Lessons.

As a teacher, here is what you’ll learn:

• Learn the five main reasons students quit at these ages
• Profiles of successful students in contemporary idioms
• Preparing a student for success in contemporary idioms
• Helping a student switch from classical to contemporary idioms and thus keeping them in lessons for another year or two
• How to teach improvisation when you don’t improvise
• The challenge and opportunity of Youtube.com

Featured at this workshop: The new Contemporary Idioms Level 4 Repertoire Book and the Contemporary Idioms Level 3 Teaching Guide.

Happening at the following locations:

Vancouver – Friday, August 6th
David Story, clinician
Long & McQuade
368 Terminal Avenue
604-734-4886 (Toll Free: 800-663-1351)
Register with: Christie Smith at csmith@long-mcquade.com

Calgary – Saturday, August 7th
David Story, clinician
Long & McQuade
403-244-5555  
Venue: Southwood United Church, 10690 Elbow Drive SW
Register with: Lawrence Ball at lball@long-mcquade.com

Edmonton – Monday, August 9th
David Story, clinician
Long & McQuade
780-432-0102 
9219 28th Avenue NW
Register with: Dennis Sheehan at dsheehan@long-mcquade.com

Regina – Tuesday, August 10th
David Story, clinician
Long & McQuade
306-569-8501
1445 McIntyre Street
Register with: Doug Beer at dbeer@long-mcquade.com

Saskatoon – Wednesday, August 11th
David Story, clinician
Long & McQuade
306-664-1966
721 - 43rd Street E.
Register with: Marlene Woronowski at mworonowski@long-mcquade.com

Toronto – Thursday, August 19th
Brian Usher, clinician
Long & McQuade
416-588-7886
935 Bloor Street W.
Register with: Chris Roberts at bloorprint@long-mcquade.com

Waterloo – Thursday, August 26th
Peter Clements, clinician
Long & McQuade
519-885-4215
36 King Street N.
Register with:  Jackie Klue at jklue@long-mcquade.com

Ottawa – Tuesday, August 31st
Peter Clements, clinician
613-521-5909  
2631 Alta Vista Drive
Register with: Barry Cooper at bcooper@long-mcquade.com

Burlington – Friday, September 24th
David Story, clinician
Long & McQuade
905-319-3330
3180 Mainway Drive
Register with: Karen Thornton at kthornton@long-mcquade.com