Awareness, Freedom & Muscular Control

 

Topics:  The postural relationship of the head, neck and back  Breath, Walking, Sitting & Standing with ease and presence Use of the arms and hands in instrumental performance, Repetitive Stress Syndrome, Stage Fright, Poise and artistry in performance

기본동작, 목의 긴장 이완, 머리의 바른 자세, 척추의 자세, 호흡 법, 자유로운 몸의 움직임, 연주시의 좋은 동작, 근육통을 유발하는 나쁜 자세의  교정. 연주시 최고의 효율을 얻게 하려는 방법.

What is Alexander technique?

1. a way of learning how you can get rid of harmful tension in your body.

2. a method that works to change (movement) habits in our everyday activities

3. a method for improving ease and freedom of movement, balance and coordination.

4. not a series of treatments or exercises, but rather a reeducation of the mind

Who need Alexander technique?

1. Do you carry excess tension in your body?

   - cause a variety of unpleasant symptoms

   - interfere with your ability to perform activities

2. Do you suffer from Repetitive Strain Injury or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

3. Do you have a backache or stiff neck and shoulders?

4. Do you become uncomfortable when sitting at your computer for long time?

5. Are you a singer, musician, actor, dancer or athlete and feel you are not performing at your full potential?

   - performers who want to improve the quality of their singing, playing, acting or dancing.

Alexander technique Hepled:

   Paul McCartney, Sting, Julian Bream, Yehudi Menuhin, James Galway, Sir Colin Davis

Schools where Alexander technique is being taught 

1. the Julliard School of Performing Arts in New York

2. the Los Angeles Philharmonic

3. the New England Conservatory of Music

4. the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London

5. the American Dance Festival

6. the Stratford Shakespearean Festival

Dr. Karl W. Snider:
D.M.A. U.S.C: M.A. Eastman School of Music; Professor at Loyola Marymount University and Mount Saint Mary's College; Certified instructor of the Alexander Technique

일선 피아노 교사를 위한 Certificate 프로그램으로 다양한 피아노 교수법, 교재선택, 연습방법, 효율적인 스튜디오 경영등 교육 현장에서 필수적으로 다루어야 할 실질적인 문제를 다룹니다.

The certificate program offers an alternative opportunity for piano teachers who are unable to pursue a traditional degree program or musicians who wish to enhance and update skills in teaching and/or performance.

Course Requirement
* Piano Pedagogy I
* Piano Pedagogy II
* Principles of Coordinate Playing
* Music Elective Course Options
* Applied Lessons
* Internship in Piano Teaching
* Direct Reading
* Keyboard Ensemble 

Program for Adult

Class Voice (Tuesday 6-7:30 pm)
Developments of technical knowledge, tone production and performance skills for voice. Emphasis will be given to the factor of voice physiology, function, sound production and to the diagnosis and correction of vocal faults.
Instructor: Nack Hyung Kim (Rome Arts Academia, A.C.M.)

Jazz Piano
Studying of jazz melodies, improvise, playing in time, creating intros, interludes and endings, the use of dynamics and balance between the hands. Emphasis will be on rhythm, jazz harmony, time and feel.
Instructor: Lindsey L. Hundley (U.S.C.)

Piano Pedagogy Certificate Program
Fall Piano Pedagogy Class (Thursday 10-11:30 am)
Instructor: Dr. Louise Earhart (Ohio State University, Illinois Wesleyan University)

Alexander Technique- Awareness, Freedom & Muscular Control
Postural relationship of the head, breath, neck and back. Repetitive stress syndrome, stage fright, poise and artistry in performance. Instructor: Dr. Karl W. Snide: (U.S.C., Eastman School of Music)

Master of Church music Degree Program
The Master Church Music is designed to prepare the students for comprehensive local church music ministry by providing graduate level training above and beyond undergraduate training equivalent to a music major.
Concentration: Organ, Piano, Voice, Conducting, Orchestral Instruments

Church Music Institute
Winter/ Summer Intensive workshops for conductors, organists, teachers and church musicians

The New California Conservatory
7342 Orangethorpe Ave., Suite C-101 Buena Park, CA 90621 
714.522.6789
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