OESC young artists
OESC aims at:
- Improving communication skills, to build a respectful and lasting ensemble
- Freedom in performance, an introduction to EFT to reduce nervousness and stage fright, and to build trust in one’s organism
- Developing a personal interpretation, not based upon imitation
- Awareness of the influence of posture and seating on sound production (projection, range of overtones), with the help of audio and visual techniques
- Awareness of the necessity to take care of muscles and body, by using different stretching and breathing techniques.
OESC Young artists:
- participate in a daily master class of 75 minutes
- participate in at least one workshop of 75 minutes per day
- perform at a minimum of 4 concerts, including some radio-broadcasts.
- will have their own ensemble room, with piano if applicable
- will have access to individual practice rooms.
OESC Young artists
OESC lessons and masterclasses include:
- Reading the score
- Form analysis and harmonic analysis
- (Critical) reading of Urtext editions
- Choice of tempo, use of metronome
- Efficient rehearsal techniques
- Tuning, types of intonation
- Listening while playing
- Analysis of different levels of importance
- Finding a satisfactory balance
- Cueing, leading, and avoiding cueing and leading
- Articulation, phrasing, different types of rubato
- Tone production, projection, dealing with acoustics
- Use of vibrato, exploring methods
- Unity in style, uniformity versus individuality
- How to voice criticism without harming your companions
- Seating
- Stage presence
OESC workshops focus on
- Communication within the ensemble
- Voice development and inner hearing (finding your voice)
- Posture, kinesiology, in connection to tone production
- Dealing with stage fright and limiting believes.
OESC offers daily Qi Gong classes.
OESC is convinced that these workshops with their introductions and special topics will lead to a fuller profile of the young musicians.
The focus on this broad choice of education topics is unique in Europe. It does not exist in such a degree at any of the European conservatories, certainly not during one semester, in one location and in such effective connection.
