Learning through Performing...

As students begin to master their instruments, they begin to perform, to share their music with friends and family, and eventually with the world. I am often surprised to discover so many students, even those far advanced in their abilities on the clarinet, stuck in a quagmire of 'stage-fright,' avoidance and anxiety. Others may be unable to connect with their audiences in concert, and still others deliver only wooden, dull performances despite technical prowess.

Although students may initially fear and avoid performance situations, it is often through performance that they can most grow as musicians. We educators must be sure to design appropriate performance opportunities into our students' experiences, even from a very elementary stage, while arming them with the knowledge and mental tools that will insure their successes. We can teach our students to embrace each concert experience as one more opportunity to learn through performance.

Whether you are a high school band director, a private studio teacher, or a college level instructor, I can help you design a special workshop for your students. From large recruiting festivals to smaller studio master-classes, my helpful clinics target the concerns of young clarinetists, and they may also inform educators and ensemble directors in new and insightful ways.

• RECREATING COMPOSITION
  
  Discover and develop the three hidden aspects of the performer's craft: Meaning, Motive and Perception.

• RESPONSIVE, RECEPTIVE INTUITION

Learn to direct the music when you play. Practice and perform in a state of perpetual discovery.

• FIND IT... FEED IT... FATTEN IT

Discover and develop a music that is truly your own, a music that fully expresses your own identity as an artist.

• PERFORMING with HEART... not FEAR
  

Are you buried in a routine of fear? Can you learn to transform self-consciousness and stage-fright into joy and creativity? Discard that intense attachment to the outcome of performance. Your playing will become spontaneous, engaging and heart-felt.

• CHAMBER MUSIC - Who needs it?

Everyone needs it! From beginning band onward, you can take steps to create award winning large ensembles through regular, active, small ensemble groupings. Chamber music is key!