Ready to Study Music?
Enrich your life and raise your vibration with Ossia Musical Forum Chamber Music Sessions!
Are you looking to invigorate your music practice? These sessions are the perfect way to study in a welcoming community with other like-minded musicians! Contact Nora for more information:
“Thank you again for including me in the recital on Sunday. My family thoroughly enjoyed it! Everyone commented on how it was such a beautiful space to play in and how you were so encouraging, inviting, and uplifting. ”
Chamber Music Academy
This is a relaxed learning environment where our communication and musical skills are honed with fellow musicians and filled with camaraderie. Our desire is that our musicians understand that they all have an important voice worth sharing with their musical colleagues for the collective benefit. Spring, Summer, and Fall Sessions. Fee: 330. Contact: Nora Williams
For all piano, string and wind instruments with at least three years playing experience. We examine the chamber music repertoire in a collaborative learning environment. We rehearse and perform works from the baroque, classical, and romantic eras while cultivating a deeper appreciation for and connection to the music, to ourselves, and to our colleagues. We study specific works to perceive the form, structure, phrasing, and beauty that will deepen our understanding and build performance and ensemble skills while increasing our perception and sensitivity. Rehearsals are coached and the schedule is tailored to each group's availability. A variety of levels is welcome from first-time chamber musicians to experienced amateurs.
“...thanks for another wonderful chamber music session. Your program is a rarity and I am so happy to have found my way there. ”
“The friendships developed in chamber music at Ossia Musical Forum are special.”
Individual Lessons
Violin and Viola, foundational through professional levels. Available online or in person. Teen and adult focused. Fee: 85 /hour; 115 /1.5 hours. Contact: Nora Williams (violin/viola) for audition/interview.
Cello lessons are available for dedicated cellists. Contact cellist Paula Kosower for more information.
Thursdays in the studio feature Dan Galat, violin/viola instructor and Kelly Quesada, cello instructor.
Foundational Violin Techniques
String Instruments – Two octave scales with a variety of bowings. Solo pieces and Ensemble pieces. Fee: 55. Contact: Nora Williams
Yearlong Coaching Program: Creating the 21st Century Musician
Transformational and practical program for Violin or Viola, equipped to unleash the compelling musician that resides within. Intense musical focus; Multi-faceted development of individual musician; Individual coaching and group instruction; Complementary techniques including meditation, Feldenkrais, removal of limiting subconscious beliefs with Psych-K technology, Professional and entrepreneurial mindset; Mastermind participation; Solo and Chamber Music Performances; Development of quantum-based paradigm of artistry, collaboration, and adherence to Universal Principles. Contact Nora Williams for application/audition details.
Performance Workshops
Improve your mind and strengthen your body with instructors certified in the Feldenkrais method. This workshop is available to all musicians with any instrument and is excellent for improving performance technique. The first 20 minutes include practice of breath control techniques, tension/relaxation exercises, pre-performance stretching, and a brief meditation (a "going inside" practice), all designed to help you put yourself into an inspired performance mode that will also serve you well in other parts of your life. Must be comfortable with two octave scales in several keys. Solo pieces with or without piano accompaniment. Fee: 50. Group rates available. Feldenkrais Workshop Dates to be announced; see Calendar, or sign up for updates here, or contact: Ossia Musical Forum
“Nora brings perspective and patience to the process of cultivating the internal musical observer, creating an accelerated transformation in one’s playing.”
“The culture of Ossia Musical Forum creates an environment where we are encouraged to make music using the wholeness of who we are…so much more than a music lesson.”
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