Workshops
Creative Spaces Aldingbourne Trust (2024)
Maxim Music Lessons mission is simple:
To help people express themselves creatively and to make learning music as inclusive and as accessible as possible!
About:
In 2023, I started the Maxim Music Lessons Free Beginner Acoustic Guitar Workshop programme, working closely with charities such as Young People's Shop Chichester and Chichester Boys Club and now, this has expanded, also offering a Songwriting Workshop for small groups!
The purpose of these workshops is that everyone involved gets a taste of what a beginner guitar lesson/collectively writing a song is like and is aimed at people who want to give it a go in a pressure free environment!
These workshops are also perfect if you want to use guitar as a way of developing a tool for self expression or as a way to share and work with others to increase cognition, physical dexterity, social skills, mood and self-esteem!
My aim is for everyone to have learnt something by the end of the session and to have had fun!
Collaboration:
Are you a charity, school or organisation looking to host one of my workshops?
A workshop will usually consist of a small group of people and will last between 30 minutes- 1 hour unless previously discussed! Each session starts with everybody sitting in a circle, ready for the workshop. I will then introduce myself to everybody in the workshop, explaining who I am and what they will be learning and get everyone to introduce themselves by name, ensuring they're comfortable. I aim to teach two-three beginner exercises (tuning the guitar, string names, basic chords) by the end of the session but the ultimate aim is that everyone is having fun and there's no pressure involved!
Students are also currently required to bring their own instrument unless it has been discussed/ advertised as otherwise.
These workshops are open to a range of age groups with each workshop being tailored specifically to the age range and level of experience of the students involved.
I'm always looking at collaborating/working with new charities/schools/organisations so if you're interested in hosting one of my workshops, feel free to send me an email at maximmusiclessons@outlook.com to discuss!