INTRODUCTION FROM "LET YOUR MUSIC SOAR"

EXPLORING THE HORIZONS OF MUSICAL EXPRESSION

The Secret is Out

I am a mad lover of the art of music. I am a lover of those who love music. I am a lover of those at any skill level who offer musical performance. I have stumbled upon an approach to musical coaching that quickly transforms the musical experience and performance of singers and musicians, choruses, bands, orchestras and ensembles. This approach fosters a profound and immediate improvement in the richness of individual and group tonal quality, balance, and listening skills. This approach also intensifies the music, making it more interesting, more musical, more exciting, and more passionate for both the performer and the listener. The performer accomplishes his or her artistic intent with much more ease. Dry old songs come to life. The performer gets in touch with a fresh spontaneity and discovers a new level of confidence whereby playing music, any kind of music, becomes fun again.

I have been sharing this approach to musical performance for over 30 years. Throughout this period, I have continued to dig very deeply into the nature and practicality of this approach, exploring and experimenting every step of the way.

Now it is time to make it available, in depth, to anyone who wants it. As such a lover of music, how can I possibly keep this secret to myself?

"I am walking around rather amazed today. I spent some time practicing this morning, playing Bach and exploring your ideas and suggestions. What has occurred defies description. I know you've seen the impact this has on people--you can add me to the list. The way I play seems to have fundamentally changed and improved overnight. I can't actually believe it, but I think it is true." -Michael Miles, Music Education Director, Old Town School of Music

I know that using this approach will help deepen your experience of music whether you are a beginner or an expert. Consider this secret yours-for you and for your students.

Corky Siegel

More About "Let Your Music Soar":
Peter Krammer's Preface to the Book
Corky Siegel's Introduction to the Book
Table of Contents
Three Excerpts from the Book
     The Artist and the Critic      Definition of Music      Out of the Box
Graphic: Zones of Physical Intensity (and how they might feel)