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Interview clip with Jake Jones on why we perform,
January 2019
Music, Mind, and Movement Podcast Highlights
2:17 My training
4:18 Big wake-up moment at 29
7:02 Effects of meditation on practicing and performing
9:58 How posture changed at piano; changing career focus to teaching
13:45 Main point: Vulnerability – what the audience craves
17:37 How meditation helps you connect with your heart
20:27 Effect of meditation on musicians
22:04 How meditation connects you to your intuition and perceptions
23.37 Why we get disconnected from sound; reconnecting
31:27 How meditation is embedded in my approach
33:25 Why I wrote the book and teach
35:00 The API summer program for musicians
35:51 First experience teaching a non-pianist
37:22 Summary of the Art of Practicing approach
38:50 Body mechanics using your living energy
43:17 The need for gentleness; giving up control and trusting yourself
46:08 The Performing Beyond Fear exercise and why we perform
49:57 Our embarrassment about being human
51:02 Manifesting dignity in performance
54:02 We have greatness in us
55:08 Transmitting dignity and power to the audience
57:04 Learning to accept the intensity
59:24 Live online workshops
1:01:43 Vision of the institute: to help many people manifest the greatness within them
In this 2010 interview, Madeline Bruser speaks about her musical background, what led her to pursue mindfulness meditation, and how it changed her practicing, performing, and teaching.
“Bruser’s voice is so genuine and inspiring. She gave me hope that I could be a better musician.”
Amy King, Girl in Blue Music
March 22, 2019
“… transform the act of practicing into a creative activity.”
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USC Thornton School of Music
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