Bob -
Excellent suggestion -
David's book is fantastic and has honestly made me re-evaluate how I
play and practice. After having read his book, I can say that my
practice time is more efficient and I am a far better player.
I had the rare opportunity of doing the audio broadcasting for a master
class that he did here in Washington DC for the website
www.banddirector.com. In this series of master classes, he worked with
a student ensemble (Middle School), a series of semi-professional and
professional musicians in true solo/masterclass form and a high-quality
wind ensemble made up of professional and advanced amateur players. In
all cases, he explained his (and MT's) concepts of phrasing and how to
apply them. The astounding part is, he was able to successfully make
everyone from individuals to full ensembles of varying quality sound
better. In each occasion, the music produced in the "after" segment
sounded easier and more freely approachable.
This book is an easy read and well worth the very low price to get it.
Mr. McGill will be doing another masterclass for www.banddirector.com
again in the Washington DC region in the near future and I'll again be
doing the audio portion of the broadcast. When the time comes, I'll
send out the information. One piece of advice - if the session starts
at 2 PM, be logged on by 1:50. Last time, the server crashed because
greater than the 17,000 person limit had been reached within the first
30 seconds of broadcast! Those already on though were able to hit
refresh and load the page again with very little hiccup. Supposedly
they're going to double their capacity for this next round.
Cheers-
Jeremy
Robert N. Ward wrote:
Hi again all,
Hope you enjoyed the solo beginnings thread. Now, I have two things
to recommend to everyone.
The first is a book, written by David McGill, principal bassoon of the
Chicago Symphony. It's called "Sound in Motion - A Performer's Guide
to Greater Musical Expression". Someone on one of the lists mentioned
it obliquely and I recently finished reading it. McGill writes
eloquently and deeply about all facets of music making and how we can
increase our knowledge of the music and use that knowledge to play
more expressively and meaningfully. Much of it has to do with Marcel
Tabuteau and his influence on phrasing and expression - very
interesting and challenging book, and I highly recommend it.
The second is to note how useful using a flash recorder is in one's
personal practice. I recommend every student of mine get one, and I
thought I would pass on this page:
http://www.transom.org/tools/recording_interviewing/200703_recorder_reviews/
...which has a comparison of various units for you to look at.
Take care everyone, and enjoy your summers!
Bob
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Robert N. Ward
Principal Horn
San Francisco Symphony
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