Madeline Bruser - Piano Teacher
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Seminars and Workshops

Madeline Bruser is available to give workshops on the following topics:

  • The Art of Practicing
  • Posture and Movement for Pianists
  • Unleashing Natural Piano Technique
  • Injury Prevention and Recovery for Pianists
  • Meditation, Confidence, and Performance

    • Ms. Bruser has presented seminars and workshops at the Juilliard School, the Manhattan School of Music, the University of Southern California, the Canadian Conservatory of Music, the MedArt World Congress on Arts and Medicine, the World Piano Pedagogy Conference, the Music Teachers' National Association convention, and college music departments and music teachers' organizations in the United States and Canada.


    Cultivating Your Authentic Artistic Voice: A Piano Master Class

    Ms. Bruser will show how simple physical and sensory techniques can transform one's playing as she works with two young artists at the piano. The presentation will include a question and answer period and will be followed by a wine reception.

    Thursday, February 4, 7 pm
    Bechstein Piano Centre
    207 West 58th Street
    New York City

    Suggested donation $20, students $10
    Reservations: 212-581-5550
    Read more about the Master Class: Golden Key Music Institute


    Meditation for Musicians: A one-week retreat in Vermont

    July 25 - August 1, 2010
    This fifth annual one-week retreat in the green mountains of Vermont will combine meditation practice, music workshops, and discussions. At Tail of the Tiger, a gorgeous meditation center on 540 acres of wooded country with a lake nearby.

    Performing participants $795 ($220 a day)
    Non-performing participants $595
    (Prices include meals)

    "The change was gradual and gentle, yet profound. It put me more in touch with my innermost artistic aspirations."
    - Yegor Shevtsov, piano student, Manhattan School of Music

    For more information, and to download the application for performing participants, click here.

    Karme-Choling Meditation Center
    Barnet, VT
    (802) 633-2384

    You may also contact Ms. Bruser at (212) 678-9215.


    Meditation for Musician: A City Retreat

    Saturday, January 30, 7pm: Public Talk
    Sunday, January 31, 10am - 7:30pm: Meditation and Music Workshops

    Come to a relaxed, noncompetitive environment and discover how meditation can help you cultivate the physical ease, mental focus, and emotional range you need for both practicing and performing. The program will include meditation instruction and practice, discussions, a contemplation to help you transform stage fright into confidence, and music workshops, for all instruments, combining physiological, meditative, and musical principles to help you

    Sunday schedule
    10:00 a.m. Meditation instruction and practice
    12:00 noon Discussion
    1:00 Lunch (order in or bring your own)
    2:15 Walk to nearby Tenrii Cultural Institute
    2:30 Music workshops
    4:45 Tea break
    5:15 Music workshops
    6:45 to 7:30 Closing discussion

    Performing participants (by application only): $190 full program (includes Saturday)
    Nonperforming participants: $95 full program (includes Saturday)
    To register, call the Shambhala Meditation Center: 212-675-6544


    Piano Teachers' Workshops

    Dates TBA, 2 1/2 hours per session
    At Ms. Bruser's studio

    A hands-on workshop in which each participant learns to teach basic steps of Unleashing Natural Piano Technique by giving mock lessons, alternately playing the roles of teacher and student, and receiving feedback from Ms. Bruser and the group.

    Participants: $130
    Observers: $25

    Please call Ms. Bruser at (212) 678-9215.