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...