Música de Cámara
"Chamber music - a conversation between friends."
-Catherine D. Bowen
It was just yesterday that I got to sit in on one of Yoram Youngerman's coachings. Yoram was coaching a string quartet that was learning a movement of Mozart & Emi & I got to sit in on the coaching.
Yes, as a MYCO family member, I have had many coachings with Yoram during those two & a half years, but I still learn something new from him every time I see him. I also learned a lot by being a part of the audience in this unexpected masterclass. I wanted to share a few things that I learned yesterday.
Being that he was teaching little kids, Yoram knew that he had to make the coaching fun. So he had the kids make up a story about cats & frogs.
The violist (about eight years old) was doing a heavier bouncing stroke in one of the happy major sections. The stroke sounded inappropriate for the major section because it was a heavier stroke. Therefore, the stroke sounded angry, which didn't fit the mood of the piece at all. Yoram kindly told the little violist that his bow stroke was too heavy. Later on in the movement, there was a major to minor key change-a typical Mozart move. The string quartet had to use a bouncing bow stroke in the beginning of the minor passage, but this time, the string quartet was using the lighter bouncing stroke that they were told to use in the major passage, which did not fit the dramatic mood of the minor passage. Yoram used the violist's former heavy bouncy stroke as an example in the minor passage. By doing that, the violist did not feel discouraged for being called out after using the wrong bow stroke in the major passage.
Yoram also said something that stuck to me during the chamber coaching. These weren't his actual words, but it's pretty close:
"When I am learning a new piece of chamber music, I make up a story to go along with the piece. Sometimes it's happy, sometimes it's sad, sometimes it's a very specific feeling, like nostalgic or playful. After I figure out the feeling, I figure out the bowings & the dynamics."
-Yoram Youngerman
This quote stuck to me because Yoram basically summed up the secret to making beautiful chamber music in just a few sentences!
After the coaching, I got to catch up with some of my MYCO family & then I headed to Light Years with Emi. At the end of the day, my cheek bones were sore after smiling non-stop.
-Catherine D. Bowen
It was just yesterday that I got to sit in on one of Yoram Youngerman's coachings. Yoram was coaching a string quartet that was learning a movement of Mozart & Emi & I got to sit in on the coaching.
Yes, as a MYCO family member, I have had many coachings with Yoram during those two & a half years, but I still learn something new from him every time I see him. I also learned a lot by being a part of the audience in this unexpected masterclass. I wanted to share a few things that I learned yesterday.
Being that he was teaching little kids, Yoram knew that he had to make the coaching fun. So he had the kids make up a story about cats & frogs.
The violist (about eight years old) was doing a heavier bouncing stroke in one of the happy major sections. The stroke sounded inappropriate for the major section because it was a heavier stroke. Therefore, the stroke sounded angry, which didn't fit the mood of the piece at all. Yoram kindly told the little violist that his bow stroke was too heavy. Later on in the movement, there was a major to minor key change-a typical Mozart move. The string quartet had to use a bouncing bow stroke in the beginning of the minor passage, but this time, the string quartet was using the lighter bouncing stroke that they were told to use in the major passage, which did not fit the dramatic mood of the minor passage. Yoram used the violist's former heavy bouncy stroke as an example in the minor passage. By doing that, the violist did not feel discouraged for being called out after using the wrong bow stroke in the major passage.
Yoram also said something that stuck to me during the chamber coaching. These weren't his actual words, but it's pretty close:
"When I am learning a new piece of chamber music, I make up a story to go along with the piece. Sometimes it's happy, sometimes it's sad, sometimes it's a very specific feeling, like nostalgic or playful. After I figure out the feeling, I figure out the bowings & the dynamics."
-Yoram Youngerman
This quote stuck to me because Yoram basically summed up the secret to making beautiful chamber music in just a few sentences!
After the coaching, I got to catch up with some of my MYCO family & then I headed to Light Years with Emi. At the end of the day, my cheek bones were sore after smiling non-stop.
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