✓ The basics of music theory on piano
✓ How to play all major and minor scales and chords for every key
✓ Chord progressions for a wide range of songs and music genres
✓ How to put melodies and harmonies together
✓ Improvisation and music expansion techniques
✓ Solfege and ear-training sessions
✓ How to read chord charts and sheet music
✓ Great tips for singers and songwriters
✓ Lots of fun!
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Ozie Cargile is a composer from Detroit, Michigan. At eleven, his music teacher sparked his interest in music whereupon he taught himself to play the piano. Greatly inspired by the pieces of John Williams (Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Harry Potter…) and other legendary composers, Cargile decided to advance his studies in composition and orchestration at the University of Michigan School of Music. Clearly following the simple yet powerful advice once given to him by the late Jerry Goldsmith (“Study.”), he earned a Bachelor of Music Composition with a Principle Degree in Piano Performance.
In 2011, his choral orchestral work Song for Humanity was premiered by the Boulder Symphony of Boulder, Colorado in collaboration with the 120-voice Boulder Chorale as a precursor to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. In the same year, he joined the open collaborative production company HitRECord, founded by actor/director Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Since then, Cargile has created a notable number of “records” for different projects on HitRECord and frequently does collaborations with fellow “HitRECorders”. For example, Cargile scored Strawberry Bootlaces, which premiered at Sundance 2012, and a number of animated shorts for HitRECord on TV, which aired on Pivot Cable Television and is currently on Netflix.
Renowned orchestras such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in New York have performed his works. He also serves as the composer-in-residence for a Tribute to Black Pioneers in Music Performance, an operatic concert series produced by Fredrick Peterbark in collaboration with universities and symphonies across the country.
Throughout the years, Cargile has studied with several distinguished composers including Michael Daugherty, Erik Santos, Susan Botti and Bright Sheng. In 2015, he successfully completed the “Hollywood Music Workshop” in Austria, where he took classes in orchestration and arranging with Conrad Pope and Nan Schwartz
Ozie Cargile has more than 15 years of experience as a professional piano and composition instructor for students of all ages, from beginner to intermediate. In 2009 he compiled his knowledge and experience into the Quicklessons Piano Course, which has been accessed by thousands of students in the United States and around the world. Cargile sees it as a composer’s duty to raise consciousness about important issues concerning humanity through music performance and education.
