How to Succeed in an Ensemble: Reflections on a Life in Chamber Music

By Abram Loft

Book Overview

Performer and scholar Abram Loft wants every chamber musician to be a strong, collaborative ensemble voice. Here's his hard-headed advice on choosing colleagues, rehearsing and performing effectively together, building repertoire, programming, touring and other facets of the art and business of a chamber music career. Ranging from hilarious to sobering, this is essential reading for music lovers, amateur players, students, teachers and today's many emerging professional ensembles. Recent events in the field, including some strident litigation, highlight the usefulness of this veteran's realistic counsel.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574670786
• ISBN13: 9781574670783
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Amadeus
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

An intriguing study

How To Succeed In An Ensemble: Reflections On A Life In Chamber Music by Abram Loft (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester), is a combination personal memoir and practical advice sourcebook written by an impressively accomplished musician and educator who spent a quarter century in ensemble life with the Fine Arts. Individual chapters wonderfully illustrate such issues as overcoming hurdles to join quartets or ensembles; dealing with reviews; rehearsal difficulties; settling in to a new life of teaching chamber music; and a great deal more. An intriguing study, How To Succeed In An Ensemble is most especially recommended for aspiring musicians seriously considering pursuing a career in ensemble music.