DAN 793 Special Projects / Fall 2025

 

    Finding My Sound: A Musician’s Journey Through Body and Breath Seongwoo Jeong This course was not an ordinary class, I requested it specially, and I’m very glad that I did. At first it began because I was short one credit and also because Dr. Jorge recommended it, but the 1:1 lesson turned out to be much more important than I had expected. As a musician, I learned to listen to the sound coming from my own body, to sense what is lacking, and to understand how I can improve myself. The class was based on the book *You Are Your Instrument: The Definitive Musician’s Guide to Practice and Performance* by Julie Lyonn Lieberman, with the aim of helping instrumentalists grow both physically and mentally. After reading and understanding the theory from the text, we followed a 15 - 20 minute “Full Body Workout for Musicians” video to train our bodies. The curriculum began with basic physical training focused on stamina and lower-body strength. From the fourth week, we e...

    Unit : Mindfulness Theme : How Mindfulness Helps Musicians Perform   I   Introduction This class will focus on mindfulness and its repercussion on the musician's performing body.  We will explore t he connection between mindfulness and music performance anxiety (MPA). Our purpose is to  adopt mindful practices to develop good performance health and higher levels of performance practices.     II  Learning Objectives Understand the effect that mindfulness has on the musician's body  Explain  the connection between mindfulness and the musicians capacity to regulate music performance anxiety (MPA) Gain a command of mindful practices to develop good health Experience a sense of well being that can influence high performance practices Reflect on the work done in class   III  Main Lesson     1  Read   2   ttps://youtu.be/MV_iIah9T90?si=JCaUGaQzr95t7gp0   3   The Physicality of Music Product...