Enhance your musicianship and teaching with improvisation
FREE 75-minute masterclass for classical pianists
Sunday, March 23 2025 at 6PM ET/ 3PM PST
Monday, March 24 2025 at 9AM Australia/ 11PM New Zealand via Zoom
If you are a classical pianist over age 14, beginner to advanced level and you find it frustrating not to be able to improvise; if you also want to unblock your creativity in an intuitive and accessible way for yourself or your teaching studio...then this webinar is for you!
You may think...
✅ I don't have the time or the inclination to learn the jazz language and there is only this style in which to improvise
✅ I don't want to get overwhelmed with theory in order to improvise
✅ I don't know where to start
✅ My little critical voice tells me that I won't be up to it
✅ I teach and I don't know how to implement improvisation in my studio
That's why I created this piano improvisation
Webinar, because I've been there.
Here's what we will cover:
Improvisations on stories and movies
Innovative improvisations on pentatonic scales
Improvisation techniques for your teaching studio
Great chord progressions and grooves
Q & A period
What if, after this webinar, you could start the process of improvisation, knowing more how to do it and doing it with more ease?
Or if, after this training, you could find other ways to unleash your creativity and implement improv in your studio?
This could be the beginning of the emancipation of your personal expression on the piano.
Bonuses added to the free masterclass
Facebook community support group for musicians who want to create/improvise their own music and get hints and tips on how to do it
People who show up Live at the masterclass will get:
Exclusive freebies
After you register, please look in your inbox or spams for the confirmation email.
Testimonials
" I attended an improvisation workshop for private teachers with Josée. This workshop met and exceeded my expectations. Very formative. Relaxed and conducive to creation. I learned a lot and my students will benefit from it. "
Alexandra Delgado,
piano teacher and singer-songwriter
" The improvisation training came at the right time and gave me the boost I needed. It flows like a little stream. I come up with a lot of ideas, naturally and easily. The children are even happier, it's perfect happiness. "
Christiane Boucher,director of "Les ateliers musicaux Christiane Boucher
" Mrs. Allard gave me back the taste for the piano! Thanks to her dynamic classes and her judicious advice, I took up the piano again with vigor and pleasure. Friendly advice: ask her to do improvisation, a unique experience! "
Florence Svoboda, student
Hi! I'm Josée
I am a pianist, improvisor, composer and piano teacher.
From a young age, I naturally composed my piano pieces.
I then pursued my classical training and obtained my Bachelor's degree from the Université de Montréal in 1993. I distinguished myself in various national competitions, including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition, where I won the first prize in 1987. I then gave several concerts, among others at the Montreal International Piano Festival, the Lachine International Festival and the Piano Nobile at Place des Arts. In 1988, I had the honor of performing Mozart's concerto for 3 pianos with the MSO alongside Alain Lefèvre and Charles Dutoit.
In parallel to my piano teaching for the past 30 years, I discovered the world of improvisation with a group of improvisers led by world-renowned cellist David Darling and this experience blew me away. It completely transformed my relationship to music and my instrument. Since then, I have released two improvisation recordings and published songs. In addition, three of my piano compositions are featured in the Vincent-d'Indy School of Music piano program. My creativity as a child returned.
I have given improvisation workshops in many institutions in Québec, Canada, sharing my love of creativity with music teachers and students . Seeing the benefits or this work, I want to help pianists transform their relationship to music and their instrument as well .
I am a member of the APMQMTA.