Completed - Feldenkrais for Musicians - a 4 day workshop!
I am beyond excited to be hosting Alice Friedman who will teach a 4 day class of Awareness Through Movement lessons, chosen and organizied for harpists and other musicians. Alice is a practioner and teacher who has taught all over the world, and brings many years of expertise to help us all learn better ways to play.
In many ways, we are the instrument that plays the music - how we move our fingers, and elbows and arms, how we organize our eyes with our hands, how we breathe and hold ourselves at the harp have a great influence on the sound we make. In this week of lessons, we'll learn all kinds of ways to organize ourselves so that we can move easily, stare less, and really hear what we are playing.
It is spring break week, so there are no regular lessons - a time to approach the harp from a position of lying around - who wouldn't like that!
The dates have altered a bit from the original plan - we are now running Monday and Tuesday in Duncan - 1 - 4:30 pm and 9:30 - 1 in Nanaimo on Thursday and Friday Mar 21 and 22.
This is one long workshop, but we are travelling in order to share the commuting with students in both places and in order to get good venues.
Though meant as a 4 day workshop, there will also be a two-day option for Monday and Tuesday only. But if you are at all familiar with Feldenkrais lessons you'll know how inspiring they are, and how great they make your body feel. There is limited room in the Nanaimo ensemble room, so register quickly to reserve a space for you!
