The Empowered Practice Workshop explores practice psychology and transformative habit building in a hands-on-instrument format. Feeling good about our musical journey is not a nice-to-have, it's a must-have. Our habits can make us happy or make us miserable. Empowered practice habits fuel our progress, and our state of mind as well. This workshop teaches musicians how to cultivate empowered practice habits - the kind that make us more efficient in our work. Empowered practice cultivates joy. EP connects us to our fellow musicians and builds confidence. Special bonus: the best of practice apps demo :)
Artists Please Bring:
Your instrument, some tricky sheet music you are currently working on, and a notebook.
To join by Zoom, register in advance:
About Susanna Klein
Susanna Klein, Associate Professor of Violin at Virginia Commonwealth University, has enjoyed a varied career as a violinist, educator and innovator. Author of the Practizma Practice Journal and creator of the IOS app Clipza Video Capture, she presents regularly around the country on technology in the practice room, practice psychology, and injury prevention for musicians.
Ms Klein has written articles on practicing for Strings Magazine, ASTA , the Instrumentalist Magazine, Classical Singer Magazine and Violinist.com. Her grant-funded practice research at VCU involves a multidisciplinary team of health and engineering researchers.
As a violinist, she has performed in orchestra and chamber music settings in Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy and Israel as well as throughout the United States. Currently she serves as violinist with both Trio 826, based in Iowa, and the trailblazer group Atlantic Chamber Ensemble (ACE) in Richmond. ACE has garnered national attention through its novel connections to audiences, recently detailed in Chamber Music Magazine.
As an orchestral musician, Ms. Klein served as principal second violin of the Richmond Symphony for five years. Other orchestral appointments have been with the Colorado Symphony, Memphis Symphony, Vermont Symphony (as acting concertmaster) and Rhode Island Philharmonic. Klein has played under the baton of notable conductors such as Marin Alsop, Sejii Ozawa, Yoel Levi, and Lorin Maazel. She participated in the music festivals at Tanglewood, Spoleto Italy, Shira, Kneisel Hall, and Nova Scotia Festival. She performs regularly at Wintergreen Performing Arts Festival, Cedar Valley Chamber Music Festival, and Loon Lake Live. She plays in the Richmond Symphony whenever her schedule allows.
A passionate educator, Prof. Klein was named 2018 Teacher of the Year by the Virginia ASTA chapter. In addition to her work at VCU, she has served on the violin faculty at the Governor’s School of Virginia Summer program, the Richmond Symphony Camp, and the Boston Youth Symphony. In 2010 she founded The Orchestra Project, a VCU/Richmond Symphony camp for talented string players, held every June on the campus of VCU.