Book a workshop

Your school, ensemble, or studio can book me for a workshop on playing and staying healthy and painfree! I love to teach, and my passion lies in getting musicians to see their bodies as instruments that communicate in order to make quantum leaps in their sound!

Topics include:
- Body awareness; learning to listen as carefully to your body as you would to a piece of music, and interpreting its messages. You wouldn’t practice with earplugs in and depend on your teacher to tap you on the shoulder and tell you when there’s a problem with your sound. Neither should you ignore your body’s signals and only change your habits when pain is screaming at you. Learn techniques that will help you whether or not you are experiencing pain.

- Body mapping and basic anatomy; you need to know where the parts of your magnificent instrument actually are so that you can operate them correctly. Would you play the flute with your fingers on the wrong keys? It doesn’t work to lift your arms to play it without knowing how your shoulder blades rotate either!

- Practicing strategies; beyond repetition. Music comes from the mind, not the body. Simply counting hours in the practice room can result in overuse, strengthening bad habits, and possible bodily damage. Gain ideas and practical tips to learn your music more effectively without pounding away on your music-making mechanism.

Also available is a partner workshop with myself and Shola Cole including improvisation and the total musician. She has performed all over the world with the group Stomp, is a trombonist, pianist, and vocalist, and is full of ideas that will get you moving and shake up your ideas of improvisation. Please contact me to discuss your specific needs!