WorkShop "piano et silence"
For the joy of living your music
A stay at your exclusive Attention
Goals
Usual Planning
Accomodation
historical district - Aubusson
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Arrival the evenning before the first day of session
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Personnalised review in order to identify what you expect from this stay on a pianistic level, what difficulties you face when you play and what you wish to develop
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Personalised improvement courses, you are free to play as you want. And Catherine is at your excluisve attention for any advice
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Relaxation session linked with music: learning how to silence and concentrate before playing, how to litsen to yourself, breath and evacuate stress-related tensions
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Leaving time the night of the second day or the following day
Catherine welcomes you in her house in Aubusson, international capital of tapestry, at the heart of the historical district, dedicated to the silence and the music. she provides you a cumfortable bedroom, as well as shared rooms (a quiet living-room ideal for reading and relaxation, a second small living-room at the second floor, kitchen, bathroom and toilets). This house is reesrved for you and you are free. Meals are simple and healthy: vegetarian and organic. No smokers allowed. No alcohol nor animals. Catherine lend her piano : 1930 upright Pleyel, which belong to her tutor. It is situated in the art galery on the ground floor, in the small music room. Safe and welcoming place. Sessions only dedicated to young pianists women with a good level.
Catherine Haguest is an artist with multiples talents since her childhood. Writting, artwork and music being at the heart of her life: pianist, organist, composer, painter, writer or accessory-stylist.
Beside this path of creation, her helping vocation has created her a journey close to people, Next to each and every one, always putting listening and inner peace/serenity/quietness at the middle of life.
For 25 years, she has been using her creativity for better-living and well-being purposes. She has been develloping simple and attainable practices of self awareness, concentration and tension management, always with an individual and personalised perspective.
Thanks to her personnal and professional experiences, Catherine Haguest proposes today improvement workshops « Piano and silence » for pianists. This programme is personalised for one musician at a time, for a two-days session. Catherine Haguest started playing piano at 4 years old with a private tutor and she has been playing with passion for 50 years. Nowadays, she wishes to teach music and to help young pianists to find their own musical liberty.
During this personalised stay, she offers you relaxation sessions, thanks to easy exercises that you could repeat at home, directly linked with the piano : learning how to silence before playing, controlling your breath, releasing stress and relieving muscles tensions of the back, arms, hands...
This project is the synthesis of all her life of artistic expression and transmission. Moreover, she commits herself to adapt to your needs and, if you want, to continue supporting you even after the end of the stay.
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To focus on musicality and surpass schooling education
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To find your own musical liberty: it is not a technical improvement program, but it is about enlighting musicality and interpretation
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To recover self-confidence and to enjoy playing piano
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To take a musical break, in the silence of Catherine's house, in preparation for exams or contests, or just for the love of the piano
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To learn how physically embody your own music and self-expression
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To rebuild yourself thanks to relaxation sessions
The accomodation in Aubusson is not possible anymore but if you are interested by the workshop, do not hesitate to contact us
Price and registration
180€, including meals and accommodation, for two full days.
To register :
1. Fill in the online form here:
2. You will receive a registration confirmation by e-mail and suggestion of date according to your availabilities
3. Payment of 60€ account online or by cheque (balance of 120€ payable at the end of the stay by credit card or cash only)