What you will receive in this five-day workshop:
Five āliveā online recorded sessions including:
Day 1: an introductionĀ to and overviewĀ of the course
- What is Musical Minds? Why Musical Minds? How is Musical Minds relevant to today's world?
Day 2: The SPARCK approach to creative learningĀ
- The five "I"s, The Suzuki Pyramid, The Musical Minds starfish
- The neuropsychology, philosophy and Aesthetic education behind Musical Minds
- Somatic Psychotherapy, Neurobiology, Mindfulness and Alexander Technique: their place in our lives as teachers, students and parents
Day 3: Pre-Instrumental and Beginning Instrumentalists. Musical Minds Level 1.Ā Bringing the instrument to the child through neural familiarity, sensory experience and the imagination.
- Developmental movement and posture
- Somatic movement and skill prep
- Building experience supporting proprioception, ear-eye-hand coordination, musicalĀ understanding /responseĀ and mind-body alignment
- Setting up creative flow and musical expression
Day 4: Intermediate Instrumentalists. Musical Minds Level 2. Nurturing healthy, holistic growth on the instrument through a child's well-being
- Playing
- Performing
- Improvising
- Listening
- Reading
- Composing
- Collaborating
Day 5: Advanced Instrumentalists and Beyond. Musical Minds Levels 3 & 4.
- Sustainability of Music Learning
- Problems that get in the way: Perfectionism, Imposter-Syndrome and Life-Balance, Pain
