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Minneapolis Classes
Students will be asked upon registration to “major” in one of our 5 Focus Tracks. This will help us serve the needs of everyone without preventing individuals with multiple interests from “crossing over” into other areas. We will host professionals in every track to help teach our classes. Below is a brief description of each track.
This track is primarily for students who are interested in the creative side of music, such as arranging, songwriting, and recording. It will also concentrate some on the creative side of worship, such as “free” worship, improvisation, and prophetic worship. There will be teaching on worship intercession, songwriting techniques, arranging for bands, recording professionally with your personal computer, building the perfect mix, and much more. There will be multiple comprehensive workshops and hands-on clinics, as well as opportunities for small-group songwriting, basic demo recording and experimental, spontaneous worship.
This track is primarily for people who want to know more about the music industry and who may have an interest in music but an even greater interest in the surrounding areas of the music world, such as management, booking, record companies, and publishing. There is a possibility, depending on the demand, that this track may also serve as a miscellaneous track with extra classes offered in lyric projection, mic placement techniques, chart writing, and knowing today’s gear.
This track is primarily for instrumentalists who want to better themselves while learning the tricks of the trade. We will focus on these instruments: drum set, bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitar, piano/synth/organ, and programming. There will be teaching on caring for your instrument, making the most of your practice time, worshiping with your instrument, God’s expectations of musicians, how to avoid the “rock star” mentality and much, much more. There will be workshops and small-group clinics, as well as opportunities for jam sessions and gear talk.
This track is primarily for vocalists who desire to improve their technique and learn how to get the most from their voices. We will focus on pop vocal methods, background singing, blending, and harmonizing. There will be teaching on how to care for your voice; how to increase your range; the difference between chest voice, head voice, and falsetto; the importance of warming up and cooling down; what God expects of singers; how to lead and direct a band; how to avoid pride; and so much more. There will be workshops and small-group clinics, as well as opportunities for “showcasing” your voice.
This was a new track in 2010, and was added because of the enormous amount of requests from former students concerning a desire to bring their “non-musical” church and family members to PWI. By choosing this track, students can go to any classes offered at PWI, but they will likely focus on the spiritual growth classes like “Worship as Warfare”, “The Seven Hebrew Words for Praise”, “Real Freedom”, “Understanding the Holy Spirit”, “Prophetic Worship”, “Worship Intercession” and many more.
