--THE LEADING EDGE
IN PIANO TECHNIQUE

Inaugurated in 2011, the Alan Fraser Piano Institute has quickly become one of the piano community's top master classes. The Institute runs each year at:

------- SMITH COLLEGE, Northampton, MA (June)

------- UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Salt Lake City (July).

There is also a European Institute in Stuttgart, Germany.

ALAN FRASER: A MASTER TEACHER

With his background in Feldenkrais Method and his long-standing collaborations with pioneer pedagogue Phil Cohen and virtuoso Kemal Gekich, Canadian pianist Alan Fraser is on the cutting edge of modern-day piano technique. Author of two major books on piano technique, The Craft of Piano Playing and Honing the Pianistic Self-Image, Fraser uses his deep knowledge of body mechanics to transform your musical expression at the piano. He'll help you develop not only the hand power, but also the body coordination to rediscover the piano's capacity to sound like an entire orchestra, giving you a much wider range of tonal and emotional colors.

The Institute is OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED PIANISTS: performing professionals, university students, studio teachers and enthusiastic amateurs both young and old...

INSTITUTE FEATURES

FELDENKRAIS METHOD - Each day your individual lesson is supplemented by a Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (ATM) Class that helps you feel in your whole body the coordination you need in your hands. This exceptionally effective combination is unique to Fraser's approach.

OBSERVATION - often students learn much by watching others grapple with the same problems and hearing how others transform their sound. The experience is communal - we all grow in our understanding together.

INJURY PREVENTION AND REHABILITATION - if you suffer from performance injury, let Fraser's combination of pure hands-on Feldenkrais lessons and work at the piano improve your condition in a way that simply can¹t be found elsewhere.

AN EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY - experience Fraser's pedagogical regime at close quarters, and put the potent ideas of Craft of Piano Method into practice in your own playing and teaching.

Each day Alan Fraser gives ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS:
- an individual piano lesson (45 to 60 minutes) observed by --------the group
- a group Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (ATM) --------Class
- a seminar-lecture on specific aspects of piano technique --------and musicianship.

AUDITORS take full part in all the above excepting the daily individual lesson.

WATCH ALAN FRASER TEACHING VIDEOS

To get a taste of what awaits you at the Alan Fraser Piano Institute, watch these online videos of full length piano lessons. See how the application of Fraser's ideas works in practice to transform his students' sound, agility and musical understanding.

REGISTER AT AN INSTITUTE

For information on specific institutes please visit

STUTTGART GERMANY 2012

SMITH COLLEGE 2012

SALT LAKE CITY 2012