100 Music Lessons #6 Mozart Beethoven PAS Clinic from Seoul, South Korea

October 20, 2020

David Herbert Clinic for Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) 2020

SUCCESS THROUGH SIMPLICITY
(musical proficiency for all levels)
(how to practice without practicing)

Thank you for joining my clinic! It was a great pleasure and honor to have an informal musical discussion and demonstration with Scott Verduin (Associate Principal Percussion and Assistant Timpani with the Seoul Philharmonic) . Together, we explore the fundamental understanding of compositional language and interpretation through the powers of observation and technical simplicity. We prioritize risk vs. reward by balancing a macro viewpoint with specific and important details. This clinic focuses primarily on the popular excerpt passages from Shostakovich Symphony #1, Mozart Symphony #39, Beethoven Symphony #9, Brahms Symphony #1 and Tchaikovsky Symphony #4. During our time together, it is my wish to inspire you with useful knowledge and meaningful expressions of beauty and power.

How to:

1. Become a better musician
2. Understand specific compositional languages
3. Prioritize risk vs. reward and eliminate unnecessary “tricks.”
4. Produce a beautiful tone in all dynamics
5. Strengthen and improve intonation as a tool for musical expression
6. Select the most compelling tempo every time
7. Develop consistency of articulations through simplicity

Special “Thank You” to the Percussive Arts Society, Yamaha, Remo and JG Percussion for your continued support and excellence in education and musical expression.

David Herbert