From A Song To A Masterwork In One Session with Corky Siegel

Adult Group Class

"This has been the most powerful musicianship tool I've ever found." —Mark Gray
TESTIMONIALS

• I have been a musician for 45 years playing bass and everything from symphony orchestras to jazz, rock, folk, country, and zydeco band, to renaissance groups. This has been the most powerful musicianship tool I've ever found. —Mark Gray, Performer, MusicEducator, Roaring Fork High School and Carbondale Middle School, Carbondale, Colorado

• "I am walking around rather amazed today. I spent some time practicing this morning... and exploring your ideas and suggestions. What has occurred defies description. I know you’ve seen the impact this has on people—you can add me to the list. The way I play seems to have fundamentally changed and improved overnight. I can't actually believe it, but I think it is true." —Michael Miles, (past) Music Education Director, Old Town School of Folk Music

• Corky Siegel’s methods for finding dynamic expression inside yourself will forever change the way your band, chorus, or orchestra approaches music. It is that profound a tool … —David Roche, Ph. D. Arts Education – Chicago Public Schools

A NOTE FROM CORKY SIEGEL

I don't need to ask anyone to play from the heart, be mindful, listen, feel connected, or get in the zone. That will happen automatically, while your performance soars with enhanced fun, excitement, adventure, rhythm, spontaneity, richness of tone, dimension, confidence, effectiveness, character, individuality, drawing you and the listener deep into the performance. Isn't that what you want? And once you experience how this works you can take it home with you.

WHAT'S THE SECRET?

Dynamic variation is the most critical and profound performance tool imageable. Just understanding it's true power will win you auditions and competitions. Amazingly it rarely gets enough attention and is surprisingly under-appreciated and misunderstood. That’s where I come in. I've spent over 5 decades studying, exploring, and experimenting with this particular approach that every musician should know about. Especially professionals and educators. It's a secret but it should not be a secret.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WORKSHOP?

• Hands-on guidance so you will experience the power of dynamics.
• The varied reasons this approach effects so many aspects of music performance will be explained and further explored.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS WORKSHOP?

• Singers, Songwriters, and instrumentalists. Professionals and teachers.
• All Instruments • All Genre. • All Skill Levels • All Ages from 14+
• Minors should all be accompanied by parent or teacher
• Especially important for teachers and professionals.
• Beginners MUST be able to play at least 4 songs EFFORTLESSLY.
• Not for instruments without a true dynamic range (No harpsichord, organ, bagpipes) Professional level only for the recorder and accordion.

FEE: $100 for each participant. 2 hour session. Limited to 6 participants
• Friends, relatives, and associates are welcome to observe at no cost (2 guests per participant)

THE INSTRUCTOR:

Corky Siegel. 50 years of conducting this workshop around the world at major music institutions like Fischoff, Interlochen, Kodaly Institute, Music Institute of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Melbourne, Merritt School, Academy for Carnatic Music in India

The trailblazing legend of Siegel-Schwall, Chamber Blues and Symphonic Blues, a national award-winning composer, guest soloist for the major symphony orchestras including Chicago, Boston, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco, Swisse Romande, Belgrade Philharmonic, Montreal, NHK Tokyo, Philadelphia, National Symphony Orchestra and over 50 orchestra around the world, with a catalogue of recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (2 with Seiji Ozawa), RCA, Vanguard, and Alligator. Internationally traveled blues piano and harmonica virtuoso, singer-songwriter, and author of Let Your Music Soar.

"The book reflects his artistry and originality as an outstanding soloist, composer and improviser, and reading this book is as much fun as playing music with him. Highly recommended for all ages!" —David Amram – Former Composer-in-Residence, New York Philharmonic - Under Leonard Bernstein

JONI MITCHELL, STEVE GOODMAN, JOHN PRINE: Of possible interest to the folk music crowd: "I produced Joni Mitchell's last demo tape with her hit, Circle Game. I also performed on almost all of the cuts on Steve Goodman's last live album and performed 5 piano and harmonica cuts on John Prine's classic album, Bruised Orange.”