Word: masterclass
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Opera is a vocally-driven performing art. But this past Tuesday, Ellen Hargis—a “Baroque-music diva” according to The New Yorker—proved that sleight of hand can improve even the most skilled voices. During a lecture and masterclass hosted by the Office for the Arts (OFA) at the New College Theatre (NCT), soprano Hargis demonstrated the importance of performance gestures.“Ellen Hargis is an extraordinary resource for Baroque vocal music,” said Thomas Lee, Program Manager for the OFA’s Learning From Performers...
...that with a foundation of mutual curiosity, exchange can be as meaningful one-on-one as it is between 90 musicians and 1,700 audience members in an Osaka concert hall. And it's even more thrilling to watch the process in its chrysalis phase. In this respect, the masterclass between five Sydney Symphony woodwind players and 100 budding band members at an Osaka high school was the high point of the tour. The stage was a plastic-covered gymnasium floor, with headmaster Yoshio Shinohara's office standing in as green room. "I feel Australia is very close...
...Most of the time, the expression "living life to the full" is a platitude. Len turned it into a masterclass, and we were his students. His professional face was that of the wine man, and according to those equipped to judge, he had few rivals in the world for depth of knowledge. Fewer still could match his palate; none could equal his contribution to Australia's wine industry. But to celebrate that expertise alone is to limit him. To my eye, his greatest love was people. His adored wife Trish, his children and grandchildren came first, without question...
...Twister. "Of course in my heart, it hurt to lose," Alassane says. But the point of this trip for Alassane - and for Olympic Solidarity (OS), the scholarship program that has given him more than $20,000 for training and travel over the past 18 months - was to get a masterclass in judo. Krnac went on to win the silver. "I've seen that there's a much higher level," Alassane says. The OS program is designed to help him, and 584 other Athens Olympians, reach that level. During the past two years, the International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) has plowed...
...repeatedly and eventually met Fanck. He cast Riefenstahl in his next film, The Holy Mountain, and for the next several years, she acted, did her own stunts (one critic dubbed her Ölige Ziege - Oily Goat - for the way she clambered up and down mountains) and enjoyed an extended masterclass with Fanck. In 1932, Riefenstahl co-wrote, co-directed, co-produced and starred in The Blue Light. She had no idea, of course, that by turning the camera on herself, she'd catch the eye of Adolf Hitler...