Category: Playing Healthy

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So You Think You Know? (Part 1)

By Selma Gokcen January 17, 2012

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags Alexander Technique, Awareness, cello, cellobello, discovery, force, Force of Habit, Gokcen, Listening, motion, movement, muscle memory, musicians, pain, re-education, repetition, Selma, Sensory, sensory awareness, Teaching

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The Eyes Have It (Part 2): More on Attention

By Selma Gokcen November 3, 2011

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags Alexander, Alexander Technique, balance, cello, cellobello, control, energy, expression, Gokcen, Habits, head-neck-back relationship, movement, music, Selma, sound production, spinal column, Teaching, Technique

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The Eyes Have It (Part 1)

By Selma Gokcen October 22, 2011

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags Alexander Technique, attention, Awareness, Casals, cello, cellobello, communication, concentration, Coordination, effort, exploration, Feuermann, Gokcen, Heifetz, Listening, music, practicing, relationships, relaxation, seeing, Selma, strain

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It’s Time to Start [NOT] Practicing

By Martha Baldwin September 29, 2011

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags Baldwin, cello, cellobello, energy, improvement, Injuries, Martha, orchestra, practicing, Preparation, relaxing, repertoire, Rest, routine, school, self-improvement, taking time off

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Looking & Seeing — by Selma Gokcen

By Selma Gokcen July 9, 2011

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags artistry, attention, Awareness, body, body awareness, breathing, cello, cellobello, Coordination, discovery, Gokcen, Habits, Instruments, Mind, movement, Observation, patience, Practice, practice habits, seeing, self-observation, Selma, sound production, Technique

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The Injured Cellist

By Martha Baldwin June 6, 2011

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags Baldwin, cello, cellobello, happiness, health, Injuries, maintenance, Martha, musicians, pain, performances, relaxing, Rest, taking time off, Travel

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Running After What is Behind You

By Selma Gokcen May 18, 2011

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags Alexander Technique, artistry, artists, back, balance, body awareness, Coordination, gestures, Gokcen, Habits, head, nature, productive, Selma, sensory awareness, Spine, sports, training

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The Music of Movement

By Selma Gokcen April 25, 2011

Subjects Playing Healthy

Tags Alexander Technique, Awareness, enjoyment, exploration, expression, fundamentals, Gokcen, Habits, Instruments, intonation, movement, re-education, reactions, relationships, Selma, sensory awareness, Technique, thinking

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