Kenny Werner, world class pianist, composer and author of the landmark book Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within will present three talks on how musicians can navigate obstacles to truly connect with their instrument and their music. Musicians will learn how to re-programme their practise and listening techniques from a psychological and spiritual perspective in order to deliver masterful and liberated performances.
Ticket price: €30 for three workshops
Please note, this is a professional development course for professional musicians working in all genres. Ticket holders must be available to attend all 3 workshops. Places are limited to 30.
Wednesday 30 June 5pm – 6.30pm
How much do thoughts complicate your pathway in your playing, in your practising, in your listening? Self-Doubt. Self-Judgement. We could call this the two-headed monster, but there are more heads! In this session, Kenny will help musicians to identify the thoughts and emotions that create barriers to true mastery, and the following workshops will focus on overcoming those barriers.
Thursday 1 July 5pm – 6.30pm
Learning to turn away from the conscious mind to what Kenny calls The Space. Practising and performing in the moment without thought, care or worry—that is every musician’s goal. In this workshop, Kenny will explain how detaching from the mind’s thought habits can help musicians to reconnect with their heart and their true intellect when playing, allowing them to become a clear conduit for the music.
Friday 2 July 5pm – 6.30pm
Having achieved The Space, you can approach the items to practise with more focus and clarity than ever before, allowing you to achieve freedom in performance. Kenny will explain that proper preparation, which involves training your body to play the music with ease and without effort, is the key to true virtuosity. There's an ancient Sanskrit saying, "In The Mind, bondage. In The Mind, liberation’. And so it is for musicians.