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Interpretation Days
An effective way of imparting deep knowledge is to organise a day
in which all students play the same work. By examining each student’s
ideas in response to the same music, it is possible to identify and
develop the skills and art of interpretation, stimulating different
yet grounded performances.
Repertoire:
- all violin sonatas and concertos
- all chamber music for strings and piano
JSBach
The period instrument movement continues to provoke deep divisions in
both the teaching and performing worlds, resulting in confusion among
the student body. To interpret Bach on modern instruments in an authentic
spirit requires knowledge of performance practices, notational conventions,
and Baroque dances, coupled with a strong creative conviction.
Options:
- explorations of general performance issues
- master classes on the accompanied and unaccompanied works for violin and cello
- Baroque dance steps and Bach’s dance movements (all instruments)
Talking to the audience
A workshop in developing the content and delivery of talks addressed
to concert audiences.
Conducting the orchestra in rehearsal, guiding the players in issues of ensemble, balance, articulation, phrasing, style etc.
Lecture-recital in which Ruth Waterman explores in detail the interpretation
issues of a particular sonata, which she then performs in full.
[see also programming]
Combination of the above
" Most violinists would give their eye-teeth for the kind of legato that
flows so effortlessly from Ruth Waterman’s instrument."
Washington Post
Ruth Waterman has taught at the Royal Academy of Music and was
Professor at Queens College, City University of New York, where in addition
to violin and chamber music, she devised and taught courses in repertoire
and performance style.
Now she frequently gives master classes and seminars during her travels, teaching at Juilliard, Oxford University (Wolfson College Lectures), St Petersburg Conservatory, Jerusalem Academy of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, New England Conservatory and many more.
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