Spirited Wind Playing: The Performance Dimension

Walker, Kim

ISBN 10: 0253024846 / ISBN 13: 9780253024848

Editore: Indiana University Press, 2016

Num Pages: 354 pages, 62 color illus., 8 music exx., 4 tables. BIC Classification: AVRN; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 20. Weight in Grams: 908. . 2016. paperback. . . . . Codice articolo 9780253024848

Riassunto:

Peppered with tips, helpful hints, and personal anecdotes to illustrate real-life application, this performance guide is essential for any wind player interested in taking his or her virtuosity to the next level. Internationally renowned bassoonist Kim Walker has compiled into one book the teachings and exercises that have made her known as an expert on bassoon performance, practice, and instruction. From basics like posture, breathing techniques, and articulation to a survey of the performance practices of key woodwind and brass masters, Walker includes an analysis of each technique along with images and exercises that present the mechanics of each method.

Informazioni sugli autori:

Kim Walker is an internationally distinguished performer and teacher. She is currently based in Australia and serves as a Guest Professor at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She has toured worldwide as a soloist, recorded with many leading orchestras in Europe and the United States, and has more than 30 solo CDs to her name. In 2012, after decades of teaching and performing as Professor of Music at Indiana University and, later, Dean and Principal Professor of Music at the University of Sydney, she returned to performing, conducting, speaking, coaching and consulting.

Kim Walker is an internationally distinguished performer and teacher. She is currently based in Australia and serves as a Guest Professor at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. She has toured worldwide as a soloist, recorded with many leading orchestras in Europe and the United States, and has more than 30 solo CDs to her name. In 2012, after decades of teaching and performing as Professor of Music at Indiana University and, later, Dean and Principal Professor of Music at the University of Sydney, she returned to performing, conducting, speaking, coaching and consulting.

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Titolo: Spirited Wind Playing: The Performance ...
Casa editrice: Indiana University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2016
Legatura: Brossura
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