Tone and Colour | Teacher Seminar & Workshop

Tone and Colour: Techniques for Expressive Playing

LOCATION - Private Studio, 12 Wombara Ave Kingston TAS

At every level, the most important element for expressive playing is a balanced and well coordinated technique which enables the student to express themselves musically. Only then is it possible to develop the fine gradations of tone and colour. In this presentation Rae will explore the tools needed to develop musical playing which not only sounds good but also feels easy. Using her highly successful book Fit 4 Piano, Rae will show how and understanding of simple exercises can enhance the ability to produce a free and beautiful sound. She will then show how these tools can be applied to repertoire at all levels.

The session will begin with a one-hour seminar, followed by a short break. The second half will feature eight student performers in a fast-paced series of 10-minute mini-workshops at the piano, offering a dynamic and practical insight into Dr De Lisle's transformative teaching in action.

This event is supported by Arts Tasmania.

RAE DE LISLE

Dr Rae de Lisle, MNZM is one of New Zealand’s foremost piano pedagogues. Formerly Associate Professor and Head of Piano at the University of Auckland, she has produced many outstanding students, most notably John Chen, first prizewinner of the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition. Since then her students have won all the major piano competitions in New Zealand and have also been prizewinners internationally in the Lev Vlassenko Australasian Piano Competition, the Bradshaw and Buono Competition in New York, and the Perrenoud Foundation International Piano Competition.

Rae is Artistic Director of the Lewis Eady National Piano Competition and the Lewis Eady International Piano Festival. She is respected as as an adjudicator and has been on international competition juries which include the Dublin International Piano Competition and the Gina Bachauer International Junior and Young Artists Competition, as well as juries in Australia and Singapore. She is also an examiner for the New Zealand Music Examination Board.

Rae’s groundbreaking PhD research into focal dystonia, the most devastating of musician’s injuries, has resulted in specific concepts about instrumental retraining which has led to presentations and keynote speeches throughout the world. Her PhD has has received international recognition and is published by Paladinomedia.

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