Chapter 2 of The Musician’s Way spells out deep practice principles and provides frameworks that get fleshed out throughout the text. The individual sections are titled: Practicing Deeply Habits of Excellence Essentials of Artistic Interpretation Mental Imaging...
Suppose that you’re preparing to play or sing in public. How do you bridge the gulf between personal practice and public performance? I’ve observed that many rising musicians underperform because they omit a crucial element from their preparatory routines: practice...
I’m pleased to announce that MusiciansWay.com will be a major sponsor of prize money for the junior division of the prestigious American String Teacher’s Association (ASTA) biennial National Solo Competition taking place in 2011. The ASTA National Solo...
This is the first of periodic posts in which I summarize how I use The Musician’s Way in my studio teaching. Here, I focus on Chapter 1. My class of guitar students at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts includes graduate and undergraduate students as...
The October 2009 issue of the UK monthly The Strad featured an article I wrote about memorization titled “Memories are Made of This.” I was invited to contribute to the magazine by its editor, Ariane Todes, after she attended a lecture I gave on the subject of...
