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This blog is written and created for the Whole Musician: in mind, body and spirit. The possibilities for practice, playing and performing are infinite...In this blog I share Practice Ideas for the Whole Musician as inspiration, information and as a portal into your musical imagination.

Happy Practicing!

Heartfully,
Jennifer

Sunday, September 11, 2011

The Art of Possibility- Zander

I have been reading along with my students this semester, The Art of Possibility, by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander. What a wonderful book full of inspiring stories, ideas, and real life practices to engage in life... in making music of life...  Thank you for writing this book! I highly recommend it! The Art of Possibility


The 12 practices are:
1. It's all Invented
2. Stepping into a Universe of Possibility
3. Giving an A
4. Being a Contribution
5. Leading from Any Chair
6. Rule Number 6
7. The Way Things Are
8. Giving Way to Passion
9. Lighting A Spark 
10. Being the Board
11. Creating Frameworks for Possibility
12. Telling the WE Story




Try them and see how your life changes and the lives around you... Let me know what it creates in your world. 



Here is a wonderful TED Talk by Ben Zander on Classical Music and Passion... Also full of inspirational ideas of how alive and well classical music can be... and how we listen and what "impulse" is in phrasing... Thank you Ben!


Heartfully,
Jennifer

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