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AFF Institute - Hope, MI 2015

Selected lectures and lessons from this year's Hope, MI Institute

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Alan Fraser

Born in Montreal in 1955 Alan Fraser studied piano but also delved into composition, cello, classical singing and had several stints as a pop musician. Alan’s main pianistic influence was the pioneering research of Phil Cohen who studied alongside Ronald Turini, Andre Laplante and Janina Fialkowska with Yvonne Hubert, who had been Cortot‘s assistant in Paris. Alan spent several years with Cohen after an apprenticeship with two former Cohen students, Alan Belkin and Lauretta Milkman.

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15 episodes 3:52:28 Beginner Ongoing

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1
Lecture on the Thumb Part 1
16:40

Opening lecture from Hope, MI 2015 Institute

2
Lecture on the Thumb Part 2
14:05

Part 2, Hope, MI

3
Lecture on the Thumb Part 3
16:42

Part 3

4
Lecture on the Thumb Part 4
15:49

Last part of the lecture in Hope, MI

5
Chopin - Etude Op.10 No.1 - Fatigue Part 1
15:09

Alan talks about arch, fatigue..

6
How to Play a Nocturne Part 1
17:06

Alan discusses voicing, figuration, melodic lines and shaping in e minor Chopin's Nocturne

7
Lecture on Octaves and Chords Part 1
20:42

Lecture No.2 from AFF Institute Hope, MI 2015

8
How to Play a Nocturne Part 2
16:20

More on phrasing and sound

9
Chopin - Etude Op.10 No.1 - Fatigue Part 2
17:57

Part 2

10
Lecture on Octaves and Chords Part 2
14:29

Part 2

11
How to Play a Nocturne Part 3
11:33

On overholdoing, division of labor, hand structure

12
Chopin - Andante Spianato Grande Polonaise Part 1
29:46

13
Lecture on Octaves and Chords Part 3
15:51

Part 3

14
Use of Pelvis in Rhythmic Shaping
01:34

Charles Aschbrenner, creator of Pulse Patterning discusses use of pelvis with Alan

15
Rotation and Stretchy Passages
08:45

Alan talks about rotation via Liszt's La campanella