Teaching – Page 3
-
FocusA targeted approach to Ševčík will help you to overcome any problem in the repertoire
When using Ševčík cello studies, it pays to plan your practice carefully, says Tomáš Jamník, Artistic director of the Academy of Chamber Music and the Ševčík Academy, in Prague, Czech Republic
-
Article
Violinists should practise for no longer than two hours per day – D.C. Dounis
For 20th-century pedagogue Demetrius Constantine Dounis, the secret of good technique came from developing the brain and memory, as well as the arms and fingers writes James Dickenson
-
Video
Twinkle twinkle featuring London Music Masters students and cellist Sheku Kanneh Mason
The video was recorded by current students, alumni and mentors of the music education charity
-
Premium ❘ News
Analysis August 2020: Preparing for a brave new world
Conservatoires around the world are preparing for seismic changes in their teaching provision when the autumn term starts in September – and the problem of one-to-one tuition is just the tip of the iceberg
-
Premium ❘ Feature
Technique: Using Ševčík to tackle flying staccato on the cello
How analytical, targeted practice can help you to overcome any problem in the repertoire
-
Premium ❘ Feature
D. C. Dounis: Training the brain
For Demetrius Constantine Dounis, the secret of good technique came from developing the brain and memory, as well as the arms and fingers. James Dickenson examines what made his ideas so special, and why he became one of the 20th century’s most influential teachers
-
Blogs
5 benefits to teaching online by violinist Rodney Friend
Ahead of a new online violin academy and masterclass series that he is running later this month, the Royal Academy of Music professor and former New York Philharmonic concertmaster explains the advantages of the online teaching format
-
Debate
Opinion: Best of both worlds
If we work together and communicate effectively there is no reason why a student cannot benefit from lessons with more than one instrumental tutor, writes Celia Cobb
-
Article
‘He taught me how to stand up for what I believed in’ - Midori remembers Isaac Stern
Midori shares her memories of her mentor Stern, in honour of the great violinist’s 100th anniversary
-
Premium ❘ Feature
Technique: Swing bowing
How to inject new rhythmic fluency and flexibility into your playing by working on jazz
-
Premium ❘ Feature
From the Archive: July 1920
In response to readers’ letters, violin pedagogue Alvin C. White tackles the difficult subject of when – if ever – someone might become too old to learn the violin
-
Focus
How to record chamber music in lockdown
Graham Oppenheimer, Senior Chamber Music and Viola tutor at Chetham’s School of Music, gives a step-by-step guide to recording chamber music remotely
-
Focus
Running an educational chamber music programme remotely
Graham Oppenheimer, Senior Chamber Music and Viola Tutor at Chetham’s School of Music, explains how he managed to transfer the Manchester-based school’s chamber music programme online during the coronavirus lockdown
-
News
New music institute launched in Madrid
‘Musical Arts Madrid’ puts chamber music at the core of its teaching programme
-
Debate
Opinion: Mind the gap
For classical music students, bridging the divide between training and employment is often a case of being entrepreneurial, writes Jacqueline Vanasse
-
Debate
Opinion: The long and short of it
Using short bows when teaching beginner string players is a useful practice that should be more widespread, writes cellist Naomi Yandell
-
Premium ❘ Feature
Technique: Scales for violists
A system specifically for the viola, which has not been adapted from violin alternatives
-
Blogs
Lawrence Power: life lessons from lockdown
The violist tells us what the lockdown has taught him about playing and teaching, and ponders the impact of the pandemic on the future of live music
-
News
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Munich appoints British double bass professor
Somerset-born Alexandra Scott will take up the post in October 2020
-
Focus
'Popper's cello studies force you to know the fingerboard inside out'
The cellist and Boston Conservatory chair of strings considers the value of the composer's etudes
