Workshops, Courses and Lessons

create unique opportunities to work directly with Margaet Maria

Margaret Maria is passionate about teaching and sharing her creative spirit with others.  Through workshops and lessons, you can support her creative endeavours and trajectory, and learn from her many skill sets.

This July 2024, Margaret Maria will be returning to guide her Creativity and Improvisation Retreat in Breno, Italy with BIIMA.  

Join a group of peer artists (composers, music producers, musicians, and creative souls) and explore the depths of your imagination with Margaret Maria guiding you. Her unique approach will help you find your unique signature, or expand your concept of it. Wherever you are on your journey as a musician or creator, regardless of genre or arts discipline, this retreat will unlock the true artist within.

Participate in a groundbreaking process that taps into your authentic creativity and expands your horizons. Unearth ideas and sounds of all kinds on 'inspiration walks' throughout Breno, gallery tours, and other unique excursions. The group will refine their skills and work together towards a mutual goal: spontaneous creation.

BIIMA Creativity and Improv Retreat July 2024, Breno, Italy

Margaret Maria's Creativity Courses

5 areas of inquiry and focus

  • ‘Seeds of Creativity’ - idea finding - an immersive dive into the heart of creativity and how we find points of entry into our own creative process (highly experimental and free form) 
  • Music of the Future’ - guiding the creative process, taking the 'Seeds of Creativity' and building content,  exploring and using tools to create. 
  • ‘The Creative Performer’ - what does it take to be a performer that has full freedom to interpret music with a unique sound signature? How to build your sound concept? Find new pathways for  creative choice making and opening up to heightened responsivity where music flows and breathes. Nurturing the artist within.
  • Alice Kay Kanack’s 'Creativity Ability Development' (CAD) explored and put into action.  A deep dive into the brilliant CAD method as a way to develop heightened awareness, musical and interpersonal responsiveness and building  creativity at all levels. 
  • 'Margaret Maria's Spontaneous Orchestra' is a community music initiative to bring intrumentalists of all levels together to create music together in a large group.  Utilizing the 'CAD' principal and 'Improvising String Quartets' by AliceKay Kanack, the world of creating on the spot opens up new and fascinating dimensions.  This is a group that will experiment and open up this area of creativity together. 
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University Level Courses on offer:

intensives for university level students

Creativity Intensive: 'Seeds of Creativity', 'Music of the Future', 'The Creative Performer', Alice Kay Kanack's 'Creativity Ability Development' and 'Margaret Maria's Spontaneous Orchestra' 

Full day, two day and three day intensives are offered. 

Cello Choir Repertoire and Performance: prepare and perform Margaret Maria's incredible new music for 5-12 cellos, with the composer as conductor!  

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All Levels Courses on offer:

Improv Explorers + composition component

  • 1.5 hour journey into improvising
  • 1.5 hour exploration of improv and compostition
  • Online or in person in Toronto or Ottawa. Courses are customized from basic to advanced instrumental skills.  Suzuki studio classes are welcome and this course compliments traditional instrumental studios and augments the group classes offered. 

 

Cello Lessons: Private (online and in person)  Toronto and Ottawa - currently limited spots available. 

Cello Orchestral Audition Preparation- Private lessons in person (Toronto or Ottawa) or online.