Lessons & Coaching
Play first. Get the guidance you need. Bring it back to the music.
No audition required to get started.
Looking for music lessons, band coaching or a way to learn music together in Rotterdam? At YTML, lessons and coaching support what happens in rehearsals, ensembles and performances. Young musicians can learn from experienced peers, including musicians connected to the Young Talent Jazz Band, as well as conservatoire students and professional musicians.
For beginners, intermediate and advanced young musicians. No audition required to get started.
🚀 Preparing for a Conservatoire Audition ?! 🚀
For young musicians considering a conservatoire, YTML can offer focused preparation for the next step.
Together, we look at where you are now, what your chosen conservatoire expects and what you need to develop before the audition. Coaching can be tailored to your instrument, musical level and the specific audition requirements.
Not sure whether a conservatoire is right for you? That’s fine too. YTML can help you explore that question.
How Coaching Works
🎵 Learn Together
Wherever possible, YTML brings young musicians together for small-group and section coaching. Learning together helps musicians develop not only their individual skills, but also their sound, timing and role within an ensemble.
🎓 Coaching by Musicians
YTML aims to involve conservatoire students and other experienced musicians as coaches. Young Talents from the Young Talent Jazz Band who are ready to share their experience will be given the first opportunity to do so.
🎼 Connected to the Music
Coaching is connected to the ensembles, repertoire and musical development within YTML, with the Artistic Director providing overall artistic guidance and supervision.
🎵 Learn by Playing
Coaching starts with the music you want to play. Work on the skills you need and use them in rehearsals, ensembles and performances.
🤝 Learn from Other Musicians
Learn from experienced young musicians and peers who know what it is like to take the next musical step themselves.
🚀 Get Extra Guidance When You Need It
For specific goals or greater challenges, conservatoire students and professional musicians can provide additional coaching and expertise.
Find your instrument
Whether you are picking up an instrument for the first time or already have years of experience, YTML can help you develop your playing and connect it to making music with others.
🚀 Don’t have your own instrument? In some cases, YTML can make an instrument available on loan as part of your participation, subject to availability and clear agreements about use, care and return.
Choose an instrument or explore band coaching below.
Ready to Start Playing?
You don’t need to know exactly where music will take you. Come and meet YTML, discover where you could fit in and start making music with other young musicians.
🎓 Conservatoire student?
Play at a high level, coach younger musicians — or do both.