Inside the Practice Room with Julie Landsman
Andrew Hitz
Want to take your practicing to the next level?
What better way to do that than by learning from the best players in the world exactly what they do day in and day out in the practice room.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Former Principal Horn of the Metropolitan Opera Julie Landsman do a deep dive into the practicing routine that made her a legend.
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Here’s an excerpt from Julie Landsman’s Inside the Practice Room where she discusses how she helped Nathaniel Silberschlag successfully prepare for his audition for Principal Horn of the Cleveland Orchestra:
Topics Julie Covers:
The two most common problems she sees musicians make in the practice room and how to fix those problems
Her intense level of self-awareness when practicing
How she used mediation in the semis and finals of her successful audition for Principal Horn of the Metropolitan Opera
How she uses meditation and visualization before practicing, performing and teaching
The danger of giving yourself technical instruction while performing (and how it kills creativity)
Her approach to warming up and how she changes it for different situations
Use offer code “julie” to get $10 off for a limited time only!
Quotes from Julie Landsman’s Inside the Practice Room:
“Practicing a lot doesn't mean you're getting the work done. Practicing efficiently with clear goals and what you're working on and how you're doing it? Go for it. That's just smart. Be smart!”
“Constantly beating up the music and repetition and hitting that wall of frustration… it doesn't help me. I think it's not a creative process. I think it's a self-defeating process.”
“Let's go back to the word efficient. I'm killing two birds with one stone. I'm doing my Snakes (exercises) because they're good for register breaks and I'm practicing tonguing because my tongue needs exercise and I'm practicing double tonguing. So I'm going through all my register break exercises and my articulation exercises just in a very methodical manner. I love that efficiency. I love getting a lot done without wasting a ton of time.”
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