Group 1
DON'T JUST PLAY BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, GIVE AN OSCAR-WORTHY PERFORMANCE THAT IS RAW, INTENSE, AND AUTHENTIC.
Konstantin Soukhovetski's Narrative Musicianship, an 'acting technique' for instrumental musicians will help you become a better storyteller. This course will guide you through the analysis of the score as a script, help identify the 'secret narrative' and integrate it into your musical choices to achieve the most emotionally engaging, riveting performance. You will learn how to connect your own experience to the music at hand, practical acting exercises, and techniques that will transform the way you approach the music.
Pianists of all levels are welcome.
More Detailed instructions coming soon!
- Sign-Up : June 12 - 19
- Course Period: June 12-26
- Class Size: ALL are welcome!
- Optional check-In via Zoom:
June 21st at 11am PT
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88158394611?pwd=OHh5Q0NkcHJucVg1MlNZR2dYOUJydz09
Assignment #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMOA_eqlM8s
Supplementary Information!
Complete performance of Brahms: Intermezzo Op.118 no.2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1lnzWqYZrE
Narrative Musicianship Handout (Click below!)
ASsignment #2
Zoom Check in with Konstantin!
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I often tell my students that writers tell stories with words and us pianists tell stories with our hands. Really can't wait to attend this lesson.
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What is the most important analysis of the score for a script? Is it a single script or multiple? How many scripts can you possibly have in mind?
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Hi everyone! I'm looking forward to learning more about this aspect of playing the piano!
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Hello everyone! Excited to be part of this class!
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Hello everyone! Looking forward to learning with you all!
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Hi All! V much looking forward to this, and to seeing what narratives we each come up with.
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Like everyone, I am looking forward to participating in this group, and to learning to communicate a story via music. I find recording myself, audio and/or visual, hugely intimidating. It's a challenge I'd like to address.
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Hi everybody! I am excited to learn more.
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Hello Everyone,
I often hear dialog in the music I play, and sometimes see images or stories, but I am not sure this relates to what will be taught here, yet it points me in the direction of wanting to learn more about affectively energizing and relating the music to an audience, even if it's only my trusty dog, who does appreciate all my efforts.
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Hello everyone! I'm thrilled to share with you Narrative Musicianship, which has helped me hone my communicative skills over the years. Have a clean unmarked score to try creating a script out of. The first video will guide you through the experience
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This is a fantastic handout! Thank you. Its important to create one's own palette because music is so personal, which is why it touches us so deeply.
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I have only seen this one session/ lecture. Is that all there is? Am I missing sessions/ videos? I haven't been able to locate links to daily sessions, etc..
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David Moore hi David, we have a week to do the assignment in the first video, before the next video is posted for the next assignment. Somewhere in between there is an optional zoom call to discuss any questions or feedback
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Having just completed the Grieg challenge, I am going to do the narrative on his Op 71/No 7 lyric piece called “Remembrances.” Grieg composed this piece- the last of his 66 lyric pieces- in 1901, six years before his death. It is a simple waltz in E flat major, based on the melody of his first lyric piece. To me, it feels like the character knows he is close to the end of his life. This is about nostalgia- not a tragedy/pain filled situation like with other pieces from Beethoven or Schubert. The character is thinking about his whole life (hence going back to the very beginning theme from Arietta) and his life’s work (this is the end of a very large/diverse set of 66 pieces). I see questions asked and answered- did I live a good life/did I accomplish what I wanted to? As he modulates to other keys, the character is moving through various happy memories and chapters in his life. A little bit after the piece returns back to the main key, I was struck by the “cantabile” marking. It is a waltz but I imagine my character is closing his eyes and humming the lovely melody at this point while slowly dancing. In the end the melody gradually drifts away and disappears. No sadness, just happy memories of a fulfilling life.
