Seminars, Master Classes, and Lessons
My work with musicians is wide-ranging and ever-evolving. Its substance embraces the traditional approaches of Alexander teachers (dealing with issues of co-ordination, tension and relaxation, balance, reflex, habit, and awareness), the application of the Alexander Technique to every area of music-making (technique, sound production, interpretation, daily practice, concert preparation, and the mitigation of stage fright), and musical coaching that includes analysis, ear training, aesthetics, and an innovative and highly effective study of rhythm.
My work takes the form of private lessons, lecture-demonstrations, master classes, and seminars.
If you're interested in taking private lessons in Paris or during my world travels, or if you wish to be put on my e-mailing list for forthcoming events, please e-mail me.
The basis for my seminars is my language-based approach to rhythm. Read a description of my book in progress, The Integrated Musician.
Below is a list of my recent classes, seminars, and lectures for musicians.
2008
- Düsseldorf Musikhochschule (May)
- University of Minnesota (March)
- Atelier de la main d'or, Paris (January)
2007
- Cologne Musikhochschule (November)
- New York University (October)
- University of Minnesota (April)
- Minnesota Symphony (April)
- American String Teachers Association, National Conference, Detroit (March)
- Ensemble Intercontemporain (year-round)
2006
- New York University (November)
- University of Minnesota (April)
- Minnesota Symphony (April)
- Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (April)
- Ensemble Intercontemporain (year-round)
2005
- Musikhochschule, Cologne, Germany (December)
- Shepherd School of Music, Rice University , Houston (November)
- Third Street Settlement Music School , New York (November)
- Ensemble Intercontemporain (year-round)
- Orchestre National de Lille (year-round)
- New York University (February)
- University of Minnesota (March)
2004
- Sydney Conservatorium (October)
- New York University Summer String Quartet Program (June/July)
- New York University (April)
- Alexander Performing Center, Geneva (February)
- Ensemble Intercontemporain (year-round)
- Orchestre National de Lille (year-round)
2003
- Cologne Musikhochschule (December)
- University of Minnesota at Minneapolis (October)
- New York University (October)
- Merit School of Music, New Canaan, Connecticut (October)
- University of St. Thomas, Houston (October)
- Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston (October)
- Conservatoire Populaire, Geneva (May)
- New York University (February)
- State University of New York at Purchase (February)
- University of Indiana at Bloomington (February)
- Orchestre National de Lille (year-round)
2002
- Hunter College, New York (May)
- American String Teachers Association, Michigan (May)
- Mannes School of Music, New York (February)
- New York University (February)
- Conservatoire Populaire, Geneva (January)
- Orchestre National de Lille (year-round)
2001
- Flemish Radio Orchestra, Leuwen , Belgium (December)
- Wuppertal Musikhochschule (November)
- Atelier de la Main d'Or, Paris (October)
- Hindemith Institute, Blonay , Switzerland (August)
- Hunter College, New York (June)
- New York University (February)
- Conservatoire Populaire, Geneva (January)
- Orchestre National de Lille (year-round)
2000
- Abbeville Conservatoire (December)
- University of Indiana at Bloomington (September)
- Schola Cantorum, Paris (July)
- Conservatoire Populaire, Geneva (May)
- Conservatoire Populaire, Geneva (January)
- Orchestre National de Lille (year-round)
1999
- Royal College of Music, London (December)
- Verbier Academy , Switzerland (July)
- Utrecht Conservatorium, Holland (May)
- Longy School of Music, Cambridge , Massachusetts (May)
- DePauw University , Greencastle , Indiana (April)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (April)
- New York University (March)
- Royal College of Music, London (February)
- Orchestre National de Lille (year-round)
1998
- Royal College of Music, London (December)
- Australian National University, Canberra (November)
- Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane (October)
- Blue Mountains Conservatorium (October)
- Sydney International Conservatorium (October)
- Deutsches Symphonie Orchester, Berlin (September)
- Escola de Música de Almada, Lisbon (September)
- Yale University School of Music (September)
- Royal College of Music, London (June)
- Royal College of Music, London (March)