<p>Bringing together the unique perspectives of some of the top pianists and pedagogues, along with physicians specializing in the treatment and rehabilitation of performance-related injuries, this text is truly unparalleled. The collection covers such topics as developing an advanced technique, myofasical pain and its treatment, benefits of fitness, performance anxiety, a child's first lessons, mechanics of the piano, and musicality. The best of the twentieth-century thinking on the subject, including references to the works of Matthay, Schultz, Ortmann, Whiteside, and others, is also organized and presented in accessible manner. These broad based subjects are included in one of five sections: Mechanical Technical, Musical, Healthful; Mind and Body, and Pedagogical, and include goals and exercises clearly articulated in a concise manner. Although written by and intended for pianists, the universal concepts of wellness and musicality are equally insightful for all musicians.</p>

A Symposium for Pianists and Teachers: Strategies to Develop the Mind and Body for Optimal Performance

Lehrer, Phyllis Alpert

Savage, Dylan

Berenson, Gail

Csurgai-Schmitt, Jacqueline

DeVan, William

Elkiss, Mitchell

Fink, Seymour

Lister-Sink, Barbara

Mayerovitch, Robert

Rosen, Norman

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Heritage Music Press

<p>Music teachers know their students don't just learn to play music; they are also exposed to universal life skills along the way. But that's just part of the story. Currently, most students are largely left to learn these universal skills-like problem-solving, patience, focus, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and communication-on their own and often not very effectively. The Transposed Musician not only empowers students to better confront the challenges of the twenty-first century, they will also significantly improve musicianship-a double benefit. Author Dylan Savage spent two decades refining his approach to teaching universal skills through music, and he shares them in this book. Each of the eight chapters of The Transposed Musician focuses on a specific universal skill and shows how students can apply that skill to music. He then shows how teachers can guide those students to "transpose" that skill to life and back again to music with far deeper understanding and musicianship. With practical examples and clear writing, this book is for music educators wishing to help their students become both better musicians and also better-equipped citizens of the world. Students truly become "transposed musicians" for life and for music.</p>

The Transposed Musician: Teaching Universal Skills to Improve Performance and Benefit Life

Arts & Photography

Music

GIA Publications

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