Piano and Voice Training that WORKS.
The best-selling toolkit used by hundreds of worship musicians worldwide.
Worship Music Piano Skills is the bestselling piano course, created by someone who has performed and music directed in a variety of denominations and settings.
Whether you are playing traditional Catholic hymns or sitting in with a contemporary worship band, this course is for you!
Learn all the skills you need to play satisfying accompaniments for your favorite hymns, songs and carols!
Course creator Brenda Earle Stokes has been an organist, worship leader and music director at churches, synagogues and spiritual centers for over 30 years.
Good to Know
Once you purchase access to this fabulous course - you will receive it inside my comprehensive Versatile Musician Membership platform. I only make this course available through this platform because over the years I have found that my students benefit enormously.
This Course Includes...
Simple learning modules
Well organized & easy to follow
10 Video Lessons
With a clear view of the piano keyboard
Downloadable Course Book
Every exercise meticulously notated with clear instructions
Practice Checklist
Get the most benefit from your practice time
My Proven Method
Used for over 30 years to teach hundreds of singers worldwide
A Clear Pathway
Take the mystery out of how to improve!
Look Inside Worship Music Piano Skills
How to get your congregation to sing - Get the whole room singing using my proven methods
How to choose the correct keys for worship songs - Never choose the wrong key again!
Playing perfect introductions to songs- Don't leave the congregation guessing
Accompaniment strategies for traditional hymns - Simple techniques that will get you moving through a ton of worship music
How to play contemporary worship songs -No more struggling with those pop-influenced songs!
How to play singalong-style songs - Get EVERYONE singing
Playing incidental music- Beautiful background music for prayers, meditation, prelude and postludes
BONUS: Holiday Singalong Piano workshop - EVERYTHING you need to get read for the holidays!
What You'll Learn
How to get your congregation to sing
Accompaniment strategies for traditional hymns
Playing perfect introductions to songs
How to play contemporary worship songs
How to create on-the-spot piano accompaniment parts without having to read every single note on the page
Playing incidental music
BONUS: Holiday Singalong Piano workshop - EVERYTHING you need to get read for the holidays!
...and more!
Join the annual plan and save $130/year!
Make that commitment to your musical life and get ready to smash your goals. For only $650 you get immediate access to The Versatile Musician’s amazing resources.
Does this course provide transformation? You betcha!
Check out what these folks are saying...
You're really likable and relatable. You're talking to me, not down to me. The course is organized in very short sections, so I won't be afraid to tackle one small piece at a time. Your lighting is good, your sound is good, and the way you show what you're doing on the keyboard is really good.
Meredith Colby
Voice Teacher, Speaker, Blogger, Author
Chicago, IL
Brenda is an inspiration She loves and breathes her passion for piano and her course is clear, concise and it works ! I can’t wait to get to the piano every day now! Thanks Brenda!!
Kath Williams
Singer/Voice Teacher
Queensland, Australia
They are absolutely fabulous courses Brenda.....it is so great that I can watch and re-watch the videos over and over. I have learnt so much and my skill level is increasing in leaps and bounds. I am now able to play with confidence when I am teaching, yay
thank you so much 
Robin Streiner
Singer and Teacher
Australia
When you join the membership, you'll ALSO get...
Music Theory: Useful training that will answer your questions!
“How to” Mini Lessons: Over 60 unique tutorials on a wide range of topics.
Monthly Zoom Calls: Our vault holds ALL calls since the membership's beginnings
The Help Desk: Answers to FAQs and tips to organize your practice space
90+ individual song tutorials from jazz to pop, holiday songs to rock classics
Motivation and Practice Tips: Informal chats to motivate and inspire from a 25 yr music veteran
...and 28 other courses as well, including these!
(click any to learn more)
2 Great Ways to Reach Your Musical Goals
While our monthly plan allows you to feel things out, you can also make that commitment to your musical life and get ready to smash your goals with our annual plan and save $130 per year!
EVERY Zoom call is recorded and uploaded to the site. You’ll have access to every session we’ve done since the membership began!
So far we've covered these topics...
How to harmonize a melody on piano
How to sing harmonies
How to play by ear
Jazz Chords Decoded
Piano Pedaling technique
How to play Latin Jazz Styles
Pop piano solos and fills
Christmas piano music accompaniment strategies
Playing in unfamiliar keys
The mechanics of singing
Vocal warmups that work
Worship music techniques
Adding interest to chords using cadences and sus chords
Solo jazz piano styles
Instrumental piano arrangements
