Build a Blues Dates and Times

Classes are on MONDAYS at 10:00 AM MDT. Here’s what time that is for you.

• Denver, USA Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 10:00 am MDT

• Los Angeles, USA Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 9:00 am PDT

• Chicago, USA Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 11:00 am CDT

• New York, USA Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 12:00 noon EDT

• London, United Kingdom Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 5:00 pm BST

• Sydney, Australia Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 2:00 am AEST

• Singapore, Singapore Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 12:00 midn SGT

• Japan Standard Time, JST Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 1:00 am JST

• New Zealand Standard Time, NZST Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 4:00 am NZST

General Composium Overview

Content

• Choose a theme and level for a composition.

• Discover fresh ways to plan and design it.

• Receive feedFORWARD throughout the creative process.

• Notate the original piece in Noteflight.

• Create cover art in Canva.

• Learn how to guide and nurture creatives in your studio.

Outcomes

• Generate a notated copy and cover art for your students.

• Apply what you learn to another composition.

• Nurture your creativity.

• Discover how to help your students along their creative process.

Build A Blues Course Syllabus

Build a Blues will guide you through crafting a jazz-inspired composition within the 12-Bar Blues.

Pre Class

Maximizing Noteflight Training video.

July 7

• Left-hand pattern options

• Right-hand melodic options

• Bright Blues Scale

• Dark Blues Scale

• Review of 7th chords

July 14

• Left-hand pattern expansions

• Melodic options

• Section B options

• Intro and Outro options

July 21

• Ideas for amplification

• Tips for Intros and Outros

• How to export your notated composition from Notelight

• How to create and add a cover in Canva

July 28

• Final formatting touches

• The big reveal