A lecture/atm on stage fright. Alan incorporates Feldenkrais principles and gives demonstrations
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.
It's something we have to think about, incorporate it and it eventually becomes a second nature
We don't want compression, we want extension type of a move
Brain needs a good mental picture of our body in order to function well
The hands are the first point of contact with the piano, hence we must make sure they are solid
We want to establish a new pattern and internalise it
What does it mean to play from the stomach but also how to deal with hypermobility
