Contact
Franz Kafka Špitál
Koliště 43
Brno
4th floor
black doors to the left
first two rooms on the right Kurník and Šopa
Check out our concert on 13.12. in Music Lab
Registration for next wave is gonna be out in middle of December.
Philosophy
Kohutek is something between school, community and platform. We founded it for the purpose of education, instruction and openness in the field of music. We are a vaguely bound group of professional musicians connected with the Brno "Jazz" scene and with the dance school Swing Wings.
Our goals:
- We want to raise awareness of the genres we love.
- We want to get people to play actively, to start bands and to start to compose.
- We want to inspire to listen to music.
- We don't want to be surrounded by a culture for which Dbmaj7#11/C is just an unnecessarily complicated wifi-password
Lessons
We are teaching regular group courses and private lessons. Group courses like Choir or Bands they take usually from 6-8 weeks
Private lessons
Private lessons can be arranged with each lecturer, regular ones as well as "now-and-then" ones. These classes are suitable for everyone!
Cena standardně 600,- za lekci. (60 minut)
Depending on subject or agreement with teacher it can be slightly more sometimes.
Bands
Bands are at the heart of our teaching. However, they are not suitable for complete beginners. Before playing in a band, it is advised to have some theoretical and practical foundations at hand. (In normal times...) the purpose of each wave is to rehearse repertoire for a performance that takes place in the end of the wave. The specific focus of the bands changes with each wave and or teacher. In general, we teach this:
- swing
- jazz
- blues
- soul
- funk
- czech folk music (pop or traditional)
We also have a choir!
We also coach existing bands.
Schedule
We
Vít Beneš
Guitar, ukulele
Ondra Zámečník
Klavír, akordeon
Hynek Čejka
bicí
Martin Matuška
Double Bass, bass guitar
Géraldine "G" Schnyder
Vocals, music theory
Janek Čarek
Vocals, guitar
Michal Grombiřík
Cimbál, Klavír
Petr Svoboda
Classrooms
We have two equipped classrooms - Kurník and Šopa. There is a piano, drum kit, guitar and bass combo, keyboards, sound system, microphones and cables.
If you don't have your own instrument, we can lend you an electric guitar, bass guitar, a cajon, a flute or even a ukulele for your lessons.
FAQ
- Do I need to bring my own equipment? (instrument / microphone / amp)
You definitely don't have to bring microphones and amps! You don't even have to bring bigger instruments like piano, keyboard or drums! If your instrument is mobile, you'd better bring your own, but if you don't own an electric guitar, bass guitar, cajon, ukulele, we'll lend you something for the lesson. - Do I have to able to read notes?
You don't have to. It's just one way to write music. There's no reason to necessarily do it exactly like that.
You definitely can learn reading notes with us, but our teaching is not based on them. If knowledge of reading notes in a subject is required, we will inform you about it in the description.
When teaching theory and communicating in bands, we work mainly with the names of tones and chords. Not with notes as a graphic notation. - I would like to play a favorite song of mine with the band, is it possible?
Yes. We try to make bands defined by genre, because each genre requires a different set up. But we are happy to accommodate you with specific songs.