Office Hours – July 2023
This month’s topics: Interleaved practice, and dealing with concerns about whether everything will be ready and prepared for a performance or not. What to do…
Author: Noa Kageyama
Jason Shafer: Attention Redirection
In this workshop, clarinetist Jason Shafer will share insights on attention redirection – that is, how to focus more effectively on stage, quiet your inner…
Office Hours – June 2023
This month’s topics: Dealing with colleagues who are judgmental and unsupportive How much to look at the music when memorizing (to make sure it’s not…
Christian Howes: Improv Play-Along
In this play-along workshop, jazz violinist Christian Howes will walk you through various methods for freeing up your creativity and improvising with more confidence –…
Office Hours – May 2023
This month’s mini-coaching topic: How to bounce back from a performance, where you felt well-prepared, but “choked” in a few measures. View chat 00:29:28 Karolina…
Christine Carter: Desirable Difficulties
One of my teachers, the British violinist Michael Davis, once said something like “if practice feels easy, you probably aren’t doing it right.” Indeed, research…