The parent council have asked us to let everyone know about this event.
CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO OUR WEBSITEAhead of our public annoucement on Monday, we wanted you all to be the first to know that our Virtual Sessions will return next month with a Short Virtual Sessions: Building Foundations: Exploring the Psychology and Physicality of Playing. Featuring Guest Artists including Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Elena Urioste, Richard O’Neill, Laura van der Heijden, and our Founder and Artistic Director, Nicola Benedetti, we invite you all to join us on this journey of collective development and discovery.
We believe strongly in the addressing of our foundations, within which we advocate for individuality and creativity to be applied. There is no one way to play, one way to make music, one interpretation, or one methodology or pedagogy. We hope these sessions will deepen this dialogue, and we will all learn something from the experience.
HOW THE SESSIONS WORK
The Sessions take place between 12-18 February.
The Sessions include…
Live String Sessions – Saturday 12 February
Live Wellbeing for Musicians Sessions – Sunday 13 February
Live Panel Discussion hosted by Nicola Benedetti – Sunday 13 February
Daily Challenges Open to All – from Monday 14 February
LIVE STRING SESSIONS
On Saturday 12 February, we will host a series of live tutorials for all ages and stages of string players with our tutors and guest artists. These will focus on string technique and exploring the fundamental principles of playing our instruments. Our guest artists will be divided between the sessions. You can attend or watch back the recording of more than one level of Session (adults/young people separately). Times for each session are listed on our website and these Sessions take place on Zoom.
LIVE WELLBEING FOR MUSICIANS SESSIONS (ALL INSTRUMENTS)
AND PANEL DISCUSSION
On Sunday 13 February, violinist, yogi, and co-founder of Intermission, Melissa White will be delivering three sessions dedicated to wellbeing for musicians (all instruments, all ages – live session times on our website, recordings available for catch up).
The live weekend will conclude with a panel discussion hosted by Nicola Benedetti from 7-8pm GMT, with guests including violinist Alina Ibragimova and cellist Leonard Elschenbroich. All those registered for the Session will have access to Zoom (young people) or YouTube live stream (adults) where you will be able to interact with the guests via the chat.
DAILY CHALLENGES
From Monday 14 February, we will be releasing a series of daily challenges from guest artists and tutors for all levels and all instruments. You can take part by trying out the challenges and sharing them with us via a link we will send to registered participants, or on social media. The challenges have no time limits and you can access these as often as you would like.
To ensure you have the information ahead of the live weekend on 12-13 February, please register by the end of the day Thursday 10 February. Registration will remain open throughout.
