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The live stream will be available only on Friday’s workshop. Friday’s sessions will be recorded and could be watched after the workshop by the participants for a month. Both students and teachers are welcome. Don’t miss this opportunity, and register now.
All sessions will be interactive.
Deren Eryılmaz and Robert Durso will work with students and the teachers to help carry out the work further while explaining fundamental aspects of the Approach.
The last two sessions will only be available for the teachers to answer their questions on teaching.
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Welcoming Participants – Introduction to the Workshop (Deren Eryilmaz)
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Masterclass
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Being Connected
Robert Durso will take a deeper dive into the issues of alignment and the sensations of what it is to move freely and being “Rested Down.”
Hands on session with Robert Durso
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Moving from key to key
Dorothy Taubman’s biggest discovery was in how we move efficiently from note to note. In this segment, the rotational movements will be clarified and applied to music in a fun and intriguing way!
Hands on session with Robert Durso
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Break
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Basic Teaching Steps and Clarifying the Terminology of The Taubman Approach
Deren Eryılmaz will be addressing some basic but important key points on Taubman Approach as well as its terminology while discussing the challenges during learning and teaching the Approach.
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Combining for Mastery: How do we add movements to begin to fill in the picture towards speed?
In this segment Robert Durso will introduce the series of “in and out” movements” and “sideways movements”
Hands on session with Robert Durso
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Teaching Related Question and Answer Session with Deren Eryılmaz
Just for the teachers both for in person and online participants. Deren Eryılmaz will get all the questions, answer some of them and organize the rest for Mr. Durso to answer.
7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Teaching Related Question and Answer Session with Robert Durso
Just for the teachers – both for in person and online participant.
All sessions will be interactive
9:30 am – 10:00 am
Welcoming Participants
10:00 am – 10:45 am
Adjusting the Mindset: How to practice and the importance of the Check Lists
Deren Eryılmaz will be discussing the ways to practice more efficiently and the importance of the checklists during training and teaching. She will be offering some practical information on how to overcome some physical and mental obstacles during practice and performance.
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Tea Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Physical and Musical Shaping
Often called the glue that binds all the movements together, shaping is a fascinating and intuitive skill. Robert Durso will clarify the principles and application of shaping.
Hands on session with Robert Durso
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
How do we help our scale playing? Should we just repeat them over and over? Should we practice in rhythms? Grab our tips quickly to get speed?
Using the body of knowledge called ” The Taubman Approach” Robert Durso will walk you through a step-by-step process to get to the root causes that prevent us from having easy, fast, and accurate scales.
Hands on session with Robert Durso
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Lunch Break
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
How can we play Chords, Big Broken Chords, and Arpeggiosmore easily and with speed? Are small hands the only factor that affects our ability to play easily or accurately?
Using the Taubman Approach we can debunk age-old misconceptions and look at the easiest ways to approach and apply these skills.
Hands on session with Robert Durso
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Break
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Masterclass
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Question and Answer Session (Deren Eryılmaz)
Deren Eryılmaz will get all the questions, answer some of them and organize the rest for Mr. Durso to answer.
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Question and Answer Session (Robert Durso)
All sessions will be interactive
10:00 am – 11:00 pm
Chopin Nocturne Op.72 No.1
Robert Durso will explore the musical and technical issues of Chopin’s Nocturne Op.72 no.1. He will give practical solutions for teaching this piece using the Taubman Approach.
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Problem Solving Session
Robert Durso will be working with the participants on their passages. We will look into why it feels difficult, how to practice and the ability to have a secure and fluent technique. All questions and passages are welcome to be diagnosed, clarified and implemented!
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Bring a Question Get a Solution: Tackling Difficult Passages
Robert Durso will discuss the various technical issues and how the Taubman Approach gives a clear and orderly way to practice and perform some of the most “difficult” passages in piano literature.
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Lunch Break
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Gist of the Matter (Deren Eryılmaz)
A brief session discussing what it is all about and what it takes to understand and apply the Taubman Approach.
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Masterclass
4:00 pm – 4:30pm
How to use the Taubman Approach effectively and have the process lead to performance (Robert Durso)
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Break
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Question and Answer Session (Deren Eryılmaz)
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Question and Answer Session (Robert Durso)
6:00pm – 6:30 pm
Certificates & Farewell
