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About: Assessment
by October 19th, 2010 in Assessment, Helsinki October 2010, Preparation and Seminar session. 3 CommentsTine Stolte presented her project to implement peer and self assessment into the program of instrumental pedagogy. She is planning on having the students in their learning groups observing each other’s teaching and assess that at the end of the course. A safe environment should naturally be created beforehand as well as guidelines for giving [...]
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by October 19th, 2010 in Health and well being, Helsinki October 2010, Practising and Seminar session. 10 CommentsThe session with Wieke Karsten about effective practice was really interesting and useful. She shared with us her extended knowledge about how the brain works when we are practising using the six circles of attention described by Eberspächer. Wieke exposed how to detect the moments when our students are out of circles one or two [...]
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by October 19th, 2010 in Creativity in learning, improvisation and innovation, Helsinki October 2010 and Seminar session. 4 CommentsEight of us first improvised with Bart using a progression of musical variables. Then we made nine short pieces each one initiated by one member of the ensemble. This structure facilitated exciting musical outcomes and created important challenges.
Elsewhere, the pianists improvised instrument-specifically with Anto.
With all the participants together, small chamber groups then improvised a listening [...]
About: Masterclasses
by October 19th, 2010 in Helsinki October 2010, Masterclasses and Seminar session. 1 CommentSession description
This session explored ways to sharpen masterclass programming in conservatoires. How can we improve the student experience? We explored the concept of a masterclass and its different meanings:
· any event where there is a visiting professor from outside the conservatoire;
· an event on a stage, where the performing level is good enough to have [...]
Coaching Approaches at a Conservatoire
by October 18th, 2010 in Helsinki October 2010, One-to-one instrumental and vocal tuition, Seminar session and Sharing expertise. 7 CommentsCoaching Approaches at a Conservatoire
In spring 2010 I was offered the privilege of participating in a coaching course together with 15 colleagues from my Academy. As the contents and ideology of the course were in line with the goals and approaches of our Innovative Conservatoire Seminars, I seized the opportunity.
But what is coaching, exactly? Nowadays, [...]
The Power of Listening and Subsequential Storytelling
by October 18th, 2010 in Helsinki October 2010, Participants, Presence and awareness and Seminar session. 4 CommentsParticipants tell each other their personal stories. After which their story is retold by those who listened to them. With live soundtrack by the musicians.
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by October 18th, 2010 in Helsinki October 2010, One-to-one instrumental and vocal tuition and Seminar session. 4 CommentsIn this very interesting session the central question was: what is our identity as a teacher? Five of us and a session leader examined two concrete teaching situations: in the first Karst was teaching Toms how to improvise a Cadenza for one of the Mozart Piano Concerto’s. After the lesson Wieke and Marija had to [...]
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