Teaching Mind and Body
This is a podcast about teaching, but it’s also about neuroscience, psychology and body movement as it relates to how music is taught and played. One of the many goals is to provide food for thought; to challenge current thinking, to expand horizons for furthering our understanding of how we acquire and conceptualize music. We have sought to bring a wide range of diverse perspectives from extraordinary professionals and legendary musicians from around the world. Many of whom I have personally gained enormous amounts of insight from over the years. Our goal is to provide teachers, musicians and students access to information, musical knowledge and wisdom that they might not normally have. Please join us on our exploration of better music education.
Teaching Mind and Body
episode 6: interview with Derek Reeves
In this episode, we speak with violist Derek Reeves He is currently principal violist of the Fort Wayne symphony in Fort Wayne Indiana and teaches at The Purdue University Fort Wayne School of Music as well as serving as viola faculty at the Brevard Music Center summer institute and music festival. We talk about about his musical journey and his exposure to many world class teachers as well as Synesthesia, his exploration of other musical genres, his transition from violin to viola, his practicing habits and his ideas on teaching based on the overtone series.
