Workshop for Feldenkrais Practitioners, Performing Musicians, and Music Teachers

May 29-31, 2009

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Humanities Bldg., 455 North Park Street, Madison, WI

Cost: $295 if paid before May 10, 2009; $345 after May 10
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Dorm rooms are available
Madison Hotels
Lowell Center

This workshop is intended for Feldenkrais Practitioners, music teachers, and performing musicians.
Participants are brought together by a shared interest in musical expression and body use, and will be enriched by the diversity of each other's experiences.

Feldenkrais Practitioners with interest/experience in working with musicians would benefit from this workshop which will explore the relationship between freedom of artistic expression and the organic use of the body. Multiple Masterclasses and discussions will demonstrate how the Method can be used as a potent tool to bridge the gap between musical intention and artistic outcome. The course is based on the premise that the catalyst for change is the music itself

The workshop will help musicians (both teachers and performers) to become aware of the intimate relationship between the way that they use their body and the music that they create. The benefits of this enhanced awareness include an increase in artistic vocabulary, in the ability to efficiently express musical intention, in the prevention of pain and injury and in expedient healing from current injury.

The workshop will consists of:

• Awareness Through Movement lessons (Feldenkrais group lessons), which help the participants discover many new options of using their body.
• Masterclass Sessions in which the use of the body and its direct effect on sound and phrasing is explored.
• Lectures about the principles and philosophy of the Feldenkrais Method and its application to musical performance
• Discussions about problems that the participants confront, and strategies to solve them.

Your Body is Your Strad is based on our experience over ten semesters of teaching a Feldenkrais for Musicians course (2 credits) to university-level music performers, as well as multiple workshops catered to professional musicians such as members of the Cleveland Orchestra.

Cancellation Policy: $50 registration fee if canceled before May 22, 2009. 50% of tuition if canceled after May 22, 2009.

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For further information and to scheduale a workshop please contact:
Your Body is Your Strad
10 S. Harwood Cir. Madison WI 53717
608 833 0537
uvardi@wisc.edu
hagit@harmoniousmovement.com
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