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Sound Formation CEO, Curtis Madigan. Photo Credit: Kara Mullane
Known as The Rhythm Doctor, Curtis Madigan has coached platinum selling recording artists, music professors, Berklee alumni and current students, and thousands of students around the globe in the K-16 grades. He’s trained 100+ music teachers across the country. He’s known for his penetrating insight into all aspects of timing with the world’s premier theory of rhythm. To this end he’s authored numerous books designed for musicians to take their game to the next level.
Madigan is the inventor of The Rhythm Compass™ and creator of The Sound Formation Method™. His work has garnered the support of countless experts and professionals in music and education alike. He is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, the founder and CEO of Sound Formation, and a graduate of Berklee College of Music. A rare combination of performer, theorist, and educator, his programs, curriculums, and workbooks are infused with excitement, insightfulness, and pragmatism.
He’s a passionate speaker and has lectured internationally on his theory of rhythm and method at Berklee, UCLA, Denver University, South Australia MTA, CU Denver, Colorado Association Gifted Talented, Kansas MEA, Kent Denver, Connecticut MEA, Cobb MTA (Georgia), Fox Hills MTA (Illinois), Orange County MTA, Cochise MTA (Arizona), Institute for Educational Advancement, The Gifted Development Center, FMTA, SSMTA, Westgate Community School (Professional Development for all faculty), Denver Public Schools (Workshops and Professional Development for GT Teachers), Denver School of the Arts (Pioneered GT Math-Arts Integration Curriculum + recurring lectures with the orchestra and guitar classes), The Logan School, DAMTA, MTASN, Cypress Creek MTA, NWSMTA (Chicago), Rochester Piano Teachers Guild, Main Line MTA (Pennsylvania), and many others.
As a Certified Liangong Practitioner Mr. Madigan has helped numerous musicians, athletes, dancers, and other professionals to rapidly recover from acute and chronic pains, functional movement imbalances, and greatly enhance their athletic facility, instrumental technique, rhythmic perception, and overall wellness.
He has conducted research on his method along with Dr. Robyn Gisbert from the School of Medicine at CU Denver. His programs have run in over 150 schools in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Arizona, Missouri, Texas, and Connecticut.
Book now by emailing soundformation@nullgmail.com or contact us here. Madigan focuses his time as an artist-in-residence, training and certifying teachers, and coaching high level professional musicians.
