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Uniting Solitary and Group Practice

Uniting Solitary and Group Practice

by Gerald Klickstein | Nov 10, 2020 | collaboration, creative process, music practice

“You adapt yourself to the contents of the paintbox.” —Paul Klee, painter The Musician’s Way, p. 121 Like a painter dipping into a limited palette, a musician practicing an isolated part has to adapt to material that’s incomplete. A part played out of context may seem...
The Musician’s Way for Studio Classes

The Musician’s Way for Studio Classes

by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 28, 2020 | music education, Music Higher Education, music performance, music practice, performance anxiety, The Musician's Way

“All musicians can sift through their performance issues and come out the better for it – if they choose to do the work.” The Musician’s Way, p. 146 For music students to excel as performers, they need abundant opportunities to rehearse performance skills. And...
The Key Mental Skill of Expert Musicians

The Key Mental Skill of Expert Musicians

by Gerald Klickstein | Aug 29, 2020 | memorization, music performance, music practice, The Musician's Way

“When I sit in Paris in a café, surrounded by people, I don’t sit casually – I go over a certain sonata in my head and discover new things all the time.” —Arthur Rubinstein, pianist The Musician’s Way, p. 34 Like Arthur Rubinstein, countless expert musicians use...
Making Meaning in Music Practice

Making Meaning in Music Practice

by Gerald Klickstein | Apr 13, 2020 | creativity, music practice, The Musician's Way

“Meaning, not originality, is what matters most in your day-to-day practice.” -The Musician’s Way, p. 312 Psychologist and author Eric Maisel writes about three types of meaning that people experience in life. One is received meaning, the kind that’s...
Harnessing On-Stage Energy

Harnessing On-Stage Energy

by Gerald Klickstein | Jan 8, 2020 | music performance, music practice, performance anxiety

“It’s not about playing well by being comfortable and wiping out nervous energy. It’s about finding the right channel for all that energy” -Don Greene, sports psychologist The Musician’s Way, p. 184 We’ve all felt that adrenaline-fueled...
5 Ways to Upgrade Musicianship

5 Ways to Upgrade Musicianship

by Gerald Klickstein | Nov 17, 2019 | music education, music literature, music performance, music practice, sight-reading, writing

“I think I was first awakened to musical exploration by Dizzy Gillespie and Bird. It was through their work that I began to learn about musical structures and the more theoretical aspects of music.” –John Coltrane The Musician’s Way, p. 98 In The Musician’s Way, I...
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