Links of Interest to Musicians
The American Society for the Alexander Technique (USA)
The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (UK)
Some recording artists I've worked with:- Gil Selinger, jazz and classical cello
- Kati Debretzeni, Baroque and Classical violin
- Keyvan Chemirani, zarb (Persian drum)
- Ivo Perelman, free-jazz tenor sax
- Yves Bauer, bass trombone
- Orchestre National de Lille, where I've coached more than 30 musicians
- Jad Azkoul, guitar
- The members of the Eroica Quartet
- Vicki Bodner, oboe, member of Ufonia
- Lisa Erbès, Baroque and modern cello
I studied with Aldo Parisot, professor of cello at Yale School of Music, from 1981 to 1983. What I learned from him serves me today as the basis of my own cello teaching. The interview below, informative and entertaining, shows the relationship between Mr. Parisot's teaching style - in particular his emphasis on use of the back and legs and on the anticipation of movements such as left-hand shifts - and some of the principles of the Alexander Technique. Mr. Parisot has never studied the Technique; that his teaching should in some ways coincide with it hints at the universality of the Technique's principles.
"Conversation with Aldo Parisot, by Tim Janot"
Mimi Zweig is an accomplished violinist and professor at the Indiana University School of Music at Bloomington, one of the world's premier conservatories. Her web site is full of useful information for string teachers.
www.stringpedagogy.com
The site below contains a comprehensive library of articles for musicians and links to other sites.
www.alexandercenter.com/pa
Phyllis Luckman has written an interesting, simple, and practical book about the applications of music theory to cello playing.
www.cellohandbook.com
The jazz drummer Papa Joe Jones (1911-1985) was considered the finest drummer in swing and bop by his peers. He displayed, intuitively, the qualities of coordination and grace that students of the Alexander Technique seek to acquire through lessons. His smile alone was enough to make you want to dance.
Você está procurando o site do meu homônimo, o pianista brasileiro Pedro de Alcântara, autor de "Pedra Coração"? My namesake below is a young Brazilian pianist.
www.pedrodealcantara.com.br