Alan Fraser - Piano Technique
Master Classes & Seminars

Upcoming Events, 2009
USA, CANADA

June 18                      Chicago - venue to be announced: private lessons
                                          (Conctact Alan Fraser directly at phraser@craftofpiano.com)

June 19                       St. Thomas University, Minneapolis: Summer Workshops in Piano Pedagogy:
                                              Hand Structure and Function in Piano Technique: Feldenkrais, The Skeleton and Sensory-Motor Learning
                                              Making the Abstract Concrete: Principles of "Skeletal Playing" in their Practical Application

                                                                   Contact person: Dr, Vanessa Cornett-Murtada (see details below)

June 20-21                   St. Thomas University, Minneapolis - private lessons
                                         
(contact Katherine Faricy: KMFARICY@stthomas.edu)

June 22-25                   New York City - venue to be announced: private lessons
                                          (Conctact Alan Fraser directly at phraser@craftofpiano.com)

July 2-6                        Montreal, Canada: Piano Technique Class McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
                                           (Conctact Alan Fraser directly at phraser@craftofpiano.com)

July 13-19,                   Prince Edward Island: North American Summer Workshop: Feldenkrais and Piano Technique Classes
July 27-August 5                           University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI): Charlottetown, PEI, Canada.
                                                         Alan Fraser will be 'in residence' combining a visit home
                                                         with intensive work at the piano and on the floor.
                                           (Conctact Alan Fraser directly at phraser@craftofpiano.com)

Aug. 25 - Sept. 1         Novi Sad, Serbia: Teaching Piano & Feldenkrais at the EPTA VOIVODINA SUMMER COURSE
                                             Contact:
office@yalesmn.org

Click Here for a sample list of past seminar events



Minneapolis:

Dr. Vanessa Cornett-Murtada
Director of Keyboard Studies
University of St. Thomas

Music Department, Mail: BEC 9
2115 Summit Ave.

St. Paul, MN  55105
(651) 962-5856
vcornettmurt@stthomas.edu
http://www.stthomas.edu/music/

 

New York: Conctact Alan Fraser directly at phraser@craftofpiano.com

Heidelberg: Anna Zenzius-Spengler
                                       +49 (176) 4305-8294
          anna@nspengler.com

Hamm:  Mirka Mauck
                                       +49 (238) 188-9056
         Akrim72@aol.com

Dortmund:  Dirk Steinkamp
                                       +49 (231) 575-023
         D.Steinkamp@gmx.de

Wuppertal: Martina Bruseberg
                                      +49 (202) 242-3070
           praxis@bruseberg.de

Kamen: Karen Becker-Tillman
                                 +49 (230) 740-206
                                 +49 (160)9860-7684
           karin.becker@uni.dortmund.de

Lewes:  Rachel Fryer
                                     +44 (127) 362-0723, +44 (797) 480-9525
       rachelfryer@onetel.net.uk


Sample Three-Day Schedule:
Piano Technique Master Class & Feldenkrais® for Musicians Workshop

Daily Schedule

     9:00         ATM Lesson (Awareness Through Movement®)
     10:30       Piano Technique Master Class or Lecture Demonstration
     12:00       Lunch Break
     13:30       Piano Technique Master Class & Individual Lessons
     17:30       ATM Lesson
     19:00       Dinner Break

Subjects for the Lecture-Demonstrations will include:

Principles of Feldenkrais For Pianists and other Instrumentalists;
Playing Without Pain - For Pianists;
Playing Without Pain - For Instrumentalists.

Tuition Fees:

Full Participation: Entitles you to attend
- all ATM sessions
- all piano technique master classes and lecture-demonstrations
- three individual lessons                                                        375 € (255 € for students)

Economy Participation: Entitles you to attend:

- all ATM sessions
- all piano technique master classes and lecture-demonstrations
- two individual lessons                                                          305 € (195 € for students)

"Passive" Participation: Entitles you to attend:
- all ATM sessions
- all piano technique master classes and lecture-demonstrations     135 € (75 € for students)
 

Those who cannot attend the entire three days shall arrange with the organizers for their fee. Calculate 45 € per day for passive participation, plus 80 € for each individual lesson. Reduced fees for students: 25 € per day for passive participation, plus 60 € for individual lesson.

Alan Fraser's policy is that Art comes first: therefore nobody is ever turned away because of financial need. Scholarships of reduced tuition are available to those whose financial means do not allow them to pay the full price. Contact the appropriate person to discuss this option.

To read about workshop content, click here: Seminar Descriptions


For more information or to register for any event, please email your query to the appropriate contact person or to info@alanfraser.net


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