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Jeannie Lee is the proprietor of Oakridge Music Studios (OMusicStudios) based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ms. Jeannie Lee emphasizes the importance of learning jazz and classical for any young musician who wish to excel their music learning and development. Ms. Lee is in the process of publishing books, CDs and DVDs to help facilitate music education in jazz improvisation and classical music to toddlers, children, high school and college students.

Jeannie Lee established OMusicStudios to help other musicians learn music using creative and unique teaching methodologies in a relaxed and fun environment for children. Her methodologies of teaching classical improvisation and jazz - simultaneously - to young children using innovative and imaginative, step-by-step processes in a conducive playful environment to encourage an active engagement of ingenuity and originality for the young musician's development and skills. These unique music principles and disciplines are liberally taught, encouraged and instilled in the music educators of Oakridge Music Studios.

Please call us or visit our website if you are seeking music lessons in the Vancouver, BC area.

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How Can Learning Jazz Improve a Classical Musician's Skills-mozart Learned Improvisation
Music improvisation is normally associated with jazz; however, historically classical music is deeply rooted in improvisation stemming back to the medieval period in Gregorian chants. J.S. Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and Liszt all excelled in improvisation, which was then referred to as extemporization. Royal Conservatory, Yale, Stanford, Juilliard have now instituted jazz music programs in addition to classical as academia. Read
By: Jeanne Lee | 06/05/2008 | Music
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The Importance of Learning Classical & Jazz
Learning the importance of classical and jazz for musical studies is similar to learning a foreign language. Understanding and learning music is similarly so. In order to learn to sight read music or read music a musician should learn pitch. Benefits of classical and jazz disciplines, especially in a young musician's music development and education, are explained. Read
By: Jeanne Lee | 06/05/2008 | Music