Pokorny Seminar at Redlands
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:51 am
Dear Tubenet Members,
I am pleased to announce the Pokorny Seminar at the
University of Redlands, June 10-15, 2008. This is a great opportunity to learn from a master.
The general information , website and contacts are below.
Regards,
Andrew Glendening, Dean (and Trombone Teacher)
University of Redlands School of Music
Gene Pokorny, principal tuba of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, will conduct an intensive tuba seminar at the University of Redlands School of Music. Limited to 7 performers and 40 auditors, the seminar will focus on achieving the highest levels of practice, preparation and performance. Performers will have daily individual lessons with Mr. Pokorny as well as master classes, excerpt coaching, a mock orchestral audition and a concluding solo and ensemble performance. Auditors will be able to join the group warm-ups and to observe the master classes, lessons and performances.
Here is how Gene describes the program:
Dear Tuba Colleagues,
In addition to the lessons, mock orchestral auditions, ensemble playing, etc., I intend to explore many of the areas that have resulted directly in my success in winning a half-dozen orchestral positions, invitations to be a guest in additional opera and symphony orchestras worldwide, participating in chamber music events all over the globe and being sought after as a teacher and advocate for music education.
Specifically, here are some of the areas we will explore:
-Warm-ups and warm-ups that go way beyond
-Sensitivity in balancing brass ensembles and particularly an orchestral low brass section
-Untraditional ensemble skills
-What is correct vs. What is traditional (!)
-What happens in practice doesn’t necessarily work in theory (i.e. knowing not just WHAT is musical but HOW to do it)
-Our responsibility to the art and to the future of it
-The importance of clarity “out frontâ€
I am pleased to announce the Pokorny Seminar at the
University of Redlands, June 10-15, 2008. This is a great opportunity to learn from a master.
The general information , website and contacts are below.
Regards,
Andrew Glendening, Dean (and Trombone Teacher)
University of Redlands School of Music
Gene Pokorny, principal tuba of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, will conduct an intensive tuba seminar at the University of Redlands School of Music. Limited to 7 performers and 40 auditors, the seminar will focus on achieving the highest levels of practice, preparation and performance. Performers will have daily individual lessons with Mr. Pokorny as well as master classes, excerpt coaching, a mock orchestral audition and a concluding solo and ensemble performance. Auditors will be able to join the group warm-ups and to observe the master classes, lessons and performances.
Here is how Gene describes the program:
Dear Tuba Colleagues,
In addition to the lessons, mock orchestral auditions, ensemble playing, etc., I intend to explore many of the areas that have resulted directly in my success in winning a half-dozen orchestral positions, invitations to be a guest in additional opera and symphony orchestras worldwide, participating in chamber music events all over the globe and being sought after as a teacher and advocate for music education.
Specifically, here are some of the areas we will explore:
-Warm-ups and warm-ups that go way beyond
-Sensitivity in balancing brass ensembles and particularly an orchestral low brass section
-Untraditional ensemble skills
-What is correct vs. What is traditional (!)
-What happens in practice doesn’t necessarily work in theory (i.e. knowing not just WHAT is musical but HOW to do it)
-Our responsibility to the art and to the future of it
-The importance of clarity “out frontâ€