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Challenges for the Aging Musician Playing a musical instrument is an amazing endeavor. It’s thrilling when a performance is everything we want it to be and the audience erupts in applause. If we’ve conveyed the beauty, meaning, and emotion of the music, and not the

The Body in Action Chapter One: Observing the Body in Action

All Your Musical Expression Depends Upon This Whether you’re simply producing a sound, running a scale pattern, playing an etude, or improvising a phrase…none of this is possible without movement. Now, that might seem obvious, but …

Motivation: A Little Helpful Brain Science, Part One A blog about piano teaching, senses and movement.

Breathing: Avoid This Misconception About “Moving the Air” Whereas most of my blog posts are written with all instrumentalists in mind, this particular post is aimed exclusively towards wind instrumentalists and singers. It addresses a common misconception…

Musicians as Movers - Part III Kelly Mollnow Wilson - The Flute Examiner What are you aware of when you are performing or practicing? Many people have difficulty answering this question the first time it’s asked,…

9 Things Singers Need to Know About Their Bodies - Total Vocal Freedom - An image showing the top of the lungs in relation to the collarbone. 1.) Your whole body is your instrument, not your just your vocal mechanism. Your voice is part of a total system which includes your mind and your entire body. Any method or technique of singing that doesn’t address the total mind–...