Workshops

Booking Julie Lyonn Lieberman for a Residency or Workshop

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Booking Julie Lyonn Lieberman

Julie Lyonn Lieberman brings over 30 years of expertise as an educator and performer to her private and group teaching. A dynamic, participatory workshop leader, her ability to stimulate participants to think and grow in new ways has earned respect for her work throughout the world.

Lieberman's teacher training and school residencies have taken place in such institutes, conferences, camps, and universities, as:
Juilliard; The Carnegie Hall Link-Up Program; "The Academy" at Carnegie Hall/Weill Hall/Juilliard; Strings Without Boundaries at Duquesne; The National String Workshop; The International String Workshop; the International Association for Jazz Educators Conference (CA and NYC); The Suzuki Institute at Snowmass; state Suzuki conferences; Music Educators Conferences throughout America (MEA); American String Teacher National conference as well as state chapter conferences (ASTA); The European String Teachers' Institute in Scotland (ESTA); The Mark O'Connor Fiddle Camp; Pittsburgh Fiddle and Jazz Camp; The International School for Fiddling; Fiddling Around in Georgia; The Lakewood Project; New York Open Center; University of Stanford Jazz Workshop; Con Edison (upper management); National Organization for Women; WestConn Strings Camp; Madeline Island Chamber Music Camp; Royal Academy of Music in Toronto, Canada; National Young Audiences; Centre for Human Performance & Health in Canada; Unison Learning Center; and colleges and universities such as Juilliard College of Music; Eastman Conservatory; Manhattan School of Music; William Paterson College Jazz Department; McGill University; New England Conservatory; The New School Jazz Program; New York University; Berklee College of Music; and University of Montevallo, to name a few.

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Choose whichever sessions you feel are most relevant for your teachers or students and build a one- or two-day workshop based on those topics. All sessions are taught in a fun, non-threatening, participatory manner. If there is something you would like her to address that is not listed below, feel free to suggest it. Any of the topics listed below can take place over a 5-day institute or camp.

Ms. Lieberman’s preferred schedule: two to three morning sessions and two afternoon sessions, not to exceed a total of six hours of teaching unless discussed in advance. If an evening concert is included in the package, than please do not exceed more than three sessions during the day ending no later than 3 p.m.

A Multicultural Approach to Concert Preparation (All instruments, including voice)
To satisfy the National Standards AND prepare our students with the skills they will need in order to pursue success in today's world, Julie Lyonn Lieberman will provide participants with a number of rehearsal tools for classical and/or alternative style concert material that draw on the musical imagination of the world and take advantage of technologies like iTunes, computer software, and electronics. With over thirty styles to choose from, today's diverse classrooms can take advantage of multicultural perspectives on practice techniques, material presented, coordination with topics taught throughout the school, geographical location, and the LiveWire environments our students already feel at home with.

Amplify Your Strings! (Strings Only)
Options for amplification and special effects are discussed and demonstrated -- from what to buy to how to use it. In addition, participants learn funky left- and right-hand techniques, riffs from seminal rock recordings, rock string artists of note from yesterday and today, how to play in a rock band, all culminating in the performance of an original composition for rock string orchestra.

Playing Healthy
An in-depth survey of muscle and joint function in relationship to practice and performance. Warning signs, healing approaches, fluid brain-to-muscle techniques, seated and standing posture, muscle balance exercises, and breathing techniques are covered. Plenty of time is allotted for questions and individual coaching (if time allows). This workshop can be focussed on string players or instrumentalists to fit your program's needs.

Singing Healthy
An in-depth survey of anatomical function in relationship to vocal practice and performance. Warning signs, healing approaches, fluid brain-to-muscle techniques, seated and standing posture, muscle balance exercises, and breathing techniques are covered. Time can be allotted for questions and individual coaching (if time allows).

Playing Fast and Loving It (All instruments)
An off-shoot of the "Playing Healthy" workshop, Lieberman focuses on the mental and physical attributes necessary to support effortless speed, fluidity, and agility on one's instrument.

The Chemistry of Nervousness (All instruments, including voice)
All performers undoubtedly experience physical and mental sensations before and during performance. Lieberman explains the chemistry behind these effects, and provides participants with tools they can use to protect themselves from the negative consequences.

The Creative Band and Orchestra (All instruments, including voice)
This session presents dozens of techniques designed to stimulate creativity and improvisation without concern for harmonic or stylistic structures. These techniques can be used with students of all ages and levels with tremendous success.

Improvisation (All instruments, including voice)
Three approaches to improvisation are covered during this session: melodic, modal, and harmonic. Participants will learn how to negotiate within these formats. Points of focus, such as "slices of silence," "question and answer," "soloistic architecture," "multi-level listening," riff-oriented versus melodic, two- and four-bar phrases, and partner soloing will be presented as well.

Improvisation In All Styles (All instruments, including voice)
Lieberman teaches various styles that embrace improvisation, such as blues, rock, folk, swing, jazz, and world. Appropriate left- and right-hand techniques to each style will be covered in addition to rhythmic, harmonic, and structural elements. Points of focus, such as "slices of silence," "question and answer," "soloistic architecture," "multi-level listening," riff-oriented versus melodic, two- and four-bar phrases, and partner soloing will be presented as well.

Planet Musician (All instruments, including voice)
World scales, rhythms, practice techniques, distinctions and similarities between cultures, with listening examples and hands-on exercises.

The Art of Performance (All instruments, including voice)
Lieberman works with students and professionals in a coaching environment, helping them develop performance skills. Focus is placed on comfort on stage, communication wtih the audience, and the ability to identify and free oneself from any emotional or psychological encumbrance before or during the performance.

Planet Strings (Strings Only)
Lieberman teaches left- and right-hand techniques and tunes from world string styles, including the underlying rhythmic groove for each.

Rhythmizing the Bow (Strings Only)
Chop technique, ostinato, bass lines, two against three, odd meter, alternating meter, syncopation, inflections, style-specific bowings like whipbow and shuffle stroke, string-crossing patterns, and more!

Open Reading Session (Strings Only)
Lieberman presents orchestra charts in a number of alternative string styles to give teachers a chance to hear samples of material available and choose the most appropriate pieces for their level orchestra.

Styles Survey (Strings Only)
An overview of the alternative string field, including handouts listing all styles, how to access references, and a listening survey of the major styles. Depending on time, listening examples presenting master artists on CD for each major string style can be followed by a brief definition of the attributes and right- and left-hand figures that comprise that style, taught through demonstration and call and response.

Vocal Aerobics (Vocalists Only)
Lieberman has developed a unique approach to vocal training based on erasing old neural programs and implanting new ones during vocal development. Her techniques mobilize the entire body.

Planet Voice (Vocalists Only)
Lieberman teaches vocal techniques from around the world.