Teaching about practising
Abstract
Practising is essential to performance students, and as a part of their education, they must be taught how to practice with quality. This report shows some of the results from the project “Teaching of Practising”, a project involving principal teachers at the Norwegian Academy of Music, who work on developing various aspects concerning the teaching of practising. The project is one of seven run by the Centre of Excellence in Music Performance Education. cempe.no/en. (Also published in Norwegian under the title "Undervisning i øving")
Description
Content. - “If you are sitting there staring out of the window, you are lacking concentration”. Focused and meaningful practice / Jorunn Marie Bratlie and Harald Jørgensen. - The transformation of a violinist / Sander Tingstad and Morten Carlsen. - Posture awareness, physical exercise and recuperation as elements of music practice / Harald Jørgensen. - Practice and Alexander Technique / Harald Jørgensen. - Practising with a plan / Matz Pettersen and Harald Jørgensen. - Practising scales in French horn teaching / Julius Pranevičius. - Teaching projects and teacher collaboration / Harald Jørgensen