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
Season 2, Ep. 2: Dave Eggar, Cellist part 2
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In this 2nd part of my interview with Dave Eggar, we concentrate on the philosophical and ideological side of performance. WE discuss how perfectionism and being competitive takes us away from the real goals and joys of music making. He talks about how we can move away from perfectionism and get back to the joys of music making by creating mutiple goals for our performances. We talk about the contextual nature of technique for various genres of music and how we should strive for effectiveness rather than perfection. We also talk about the importance of gratitude and self compassion in our musical development. We talk about the impact of what teachers tell us, and he shares a personal story that impacted his confidence for many years. This conversation happened in June of 2025. I am grateful for the oportunity to have another inspirational conversation with Dave, I hope you will enjoy it too.
