Schott Music and nkoda are thrilled to announce a new strategic partnership, making available Schott's iconic publishing catalogue on nkoda's sheet music subscription service.
Schott Music and nkoda are thrilled to announce a new strategic partnership, making available Schott's iconic publishing catalogue on nkoda's sheet music subscription service.
In today's instalment of the Practice Project Blog, we review the research paper "Music Performance Anxiety: New insights from young musicians" published by Dianna Kenny and Margaret Osborne in 2006.
Music is a powerful stimulus which affects many of us on an emotional level. In today's Practice Project blog, we discuss a 2011 research project which examined how our brains process the music we hear, and why we take so much pleasure from our musical experiences.
In the second part our double-bill on the techniques explored by Chuan C. Chang in 'Fundamentals of Piano Practice' (2007), we look at memorisation, mental play, pace modulation and post-practice improvement.
Today's issue of the Practice Project blog is the first part of a double-bill, covering the techniques embraced by Chuan C. Chang in his book, 'Fundamentals of Piano Practice' (2007), many of which are applicable to music practice more generally.
Under the spotlight in today's Practice Project blog is the research undertaken by Caitlyn Trevor and David Huron in 2018, and presented in their article "Animated Performance: ‘Better’ Music Means Larger Motions", which investigated how the conscious use of physical gestures by musicians can enhance perceived performance quality.
In this edition of the Practice Project Blog, we scrutinise Steve Oare’s 2011 article, "Teaching Instrumentalists to Practice Effectively" and his model for effective, independent music practice.
In this blog from our Practice Project series, we look into the topic of vocal health - how your voice works and how to look after it - with some helpful insights from Professor Peter LaPine.
In this Practice Project blog, we consider how to combine technical expertise and aesthetic interpretation in your teaching, practice and performance.
Our next topic in the Practice Project series is practice myths. Miranda Wilson's article, "Practice Mythbusters: Common Misconceptions About Practice For Advanced Students" (2012) debunks several commonly held misconceptions about music practice.