Rhonda's Classes and Workshops

March 9-11, 2012

"SO YOU THINK YOU CAN'T
WRITE YOUR OWN MUSIC?"
Workshop/Masterclass

Plainwell, Michigan
(near Kalamazoo, Michigan)

"I never thought I would be a person who wrote music. I always said I was "not one of those" people, when asked about this. But out of some kind of musical desperation to expand beyond the familiarity of the flute repertoire, my explorations began. Truthfully, it all began with a broken heart from a failed relationship, and I needed to express the emotions through music which came from my own soul! It was the beginning of creating my own music, which has since been sustaining me in every way."
--Rhonda Larson

APPLICATION FORMS
HTM	PDF

Application deadline is February 2, 2012

All participants will come to the class with their own phrase that they have made up, either slow tempo or fast. (perhaps an eight-bar phrase---the typical size of a phrase). This will be each performer's piece that will be worked on for their individual masterclass portion of the class in which Rhonda will work with you in front of the class. This individual work will include expanding what you have come up with, as well as work on the fundamental elements of flute playing such as sound, posture, and the overall Art of Performance, including performance anxiety issues and proper ergonomics in playing the flute.

All other class activities are GROUP participation, led by Rhonda.

If you have never invented your own phrase of music before, approach it with a "mood" you can feel, or are 'in', and play your flute from that launching point until you have something that makes sense to you, and you can repeat. Recording devices are highly recommended in this inventing process, so you do not forget what you just made up....
(If you feel you cannot yet come up with a phrase of your own, Rhonda will supply you with your own melody for this individual work in the class)

Classes are held in Rhonda's historical
1878 one-room schoolhouse

WHO SHOULD APPLY?
We are looking for enthusiastic and teach-able players who are interested in expanding their classical depths. This class is offered to anyone who has a good grasp of the common flute repertoire, and are interested in pushing the boundaries of their own musical "envelope" they currently find themselves in, whether orchestral, solo, or as instructors. The class is specifically designed for college and professional levels and adult amateurs who are agile players with an insatiable curiosity to do MORE with their abilities. It is not recommended for beginners.

We trust that you know who you are in the above description, so we do not require audition recordings to participate. We simply need to know your history in brief, and what your aspirations are with your music "in a perfect world" (that is, your 'vision'). Please wear comfortable clothing for stretches and exercises, which will be part of this weekend of training.

--CLASS IS LIMITED TO ONLY 14 PARTICIPANTS--
EARLY APPLICATION IS ADVISED

APPLICATION FORMS
HTM	PDF

Area Hotel listing(htm)

Hotel Listing- Word Doc

Travel by plane into Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport (AZO)

inside the schoolhouse

Questions? email Rhonda at: info@rhondalarson.com

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own."
---Benjamin Disraeli