Flutist and breathing pedagogue Keith Underwood has helped many musicians improve their playing through exercises that increase physical awareness. Bassoonist Glenn Einshlag has adapted this approach to breathing and breath analysis to the bassoon and created a curriculum of exercises that utilizes finger breaths, breath builders, and breathing bags that can help troubleshoot inefficiencies in breathing, air pressurization, tone production, and overall physical inhibitions while playing the bassoon.
12:00pm EST/9:00am PST (60 minutes)
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Since the first bassoon concours was held at the Paris Conservatoire in 1797, only four women have been commissioned to compose works for this event. However, those four women composed some of the most challenging and ground breaking works for our instrument and were the first to adopt serial languages, extended techniques and chance notation. This recital presents five morceaux de concours by Odette Gartenlaub, Ida Gotkovsky, Ginette Keller and Marie-Véra Maixandeau and will highlight how each of the pieces expanded the expressive and technical demands of this competition. Download the Session Handout
2:30pm EST/11:30am PST (60 minutes)
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This class will present strategies for improving focus and mental presence during performances as well as tools to help manage and lessen performance anxiety. Participants will examine the causes and effects of performance anxiety and learn how this affects focus and efficacy. Topics covered will include breathing techniques and mindfulness meditation exercises.
12:00pm EST/9:00am PST (60 minutes)
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