METRIC (Modernizing European Higher Music Education through Improvisation) is a cooperative network of several leading European conservatoires and the AEC – Association of European Conservatories, with the aim to focus on the modernisation of higher music education through intensive international cooperation in the field of improvisation.
The METRIC network has been organising a series of free online sessions about improvisation delivered by experts from the network’s partner institutions.
The guest speaker of this session was pianist, composer and teacher Jeroen Malaise from the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp. His session was about “The Art of Preluding”.
Jeroen Malaise (°1971, Antwerp, Belgium) is a pianist-composer and teacher at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp. He mainly focuses on contemporary music experience and has a fascination for various traditions and different forms of improvisation. Jeroen played several keyboard instruments from an early age onwards, including clavichord, harpsichord and piano.
In many ways, “The Art of Preluding” is an ideal stepping stone into the domain of tonal improvisation. This is evidenced not only by historical sources but also by the results of practising this discipline. All tonal basics are present: the 24 keys, chord theory, modulations, performance skills, etc. This session explored step by step the basics of The Art of Preluding. The online learning platform www.the-art-of-preluding.com was used in the session.
Watch the recording here!
