My Lessons With Kumi: How I learned to perform with confidence in life and work - Softcover

Colgrass, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0911226400 ISBN 13: 9780911226409

Publisher: Real People Press, 2019

Synopsis

Psychological principles and skills applied to performance and presentation, taught through fictional narrative and lessons/exercises. Michael Colgrass combines neuro-linguistic programming, mime, creativity, hypnosis, psychology and Grotowski physical training in this engaging teaching tale. Nick's encounters with his teacher, Kumi, become one of the most comprehensive self-development chronicles ever written.

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About the Author

Michael Colgrass is a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and the author of two books, "My Lessons with Kumi" and "Adventures of an American Composer." A former jazz drummer and classical percussionist, he has freelanced with the New York Philharmonic, Dizzy Gillespie, the "West Side Story" orchestra on Broadway and the "Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky" series for Columbia Records, among others. A composer for more than 40 years, he has written for the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony and other world-class ensembles. He also gives performance workshops around the world. He lives in Toronto and makes his living internationally as a composer.

From the Back Cover

Michael Colgrass combines neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), mime, creativity, hypnosis, psychology and Grotowski physical training in this intriguing teaching tale. In this adventure, Nick, a disillusioned New Yorker, has lost his job, his marriage and his confidence. High in the Montana mountains he finds a mentor, named Kumi.In the dance between KumiÕs cajoling and humor, Nick undergoes a rigorous training of mind, body and spirit that transforms his personal and professional life. NickÕs notes on his growth and progress serve as a step-by-step handbook for the reader. This book is for entrepreneurs, performers and readers in search of a gripping spiritual and intellectual adventure that enlightens as it entertains.

AUTHOR BIO:Michael Colgrass is a composer, writer and lecturer, who gives personal development workshops all over the world for performers, students and professional groups. A graduate of the University of Illinois, he is a Tanglewood scholar, twice Guggenheim Fellow, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He won an Emmy for the PBS documentary ÒSoundings: The Music of Michael Colgrass,Ó which features his unique teaching methods. The Rockefeller Foundation created a special program for Colgrass called ÒArtist in the Theater at Large,Ó which led to studies in mime, acting, dance and directing in New York, commedia dellÕ arte in Milan and avant garde theater with Jerzy GrotowskiÕs Polish Theater Laboratory in Wroclaw, Poland. In l985 Colgrass became a certified trainer of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and today combines these techniques with his 45 years of professional performing experience in his ÒExcellence In PerformanceÓ workshops. He has trained more than 25,000 people in Europe, Britain, South America, South Africa, Indonesia and throughout the United States and Canada. ColgrassÕ strategies for creativity were modeled by NLP co-founder John Grinder and also by Robert Dilts and David Gordon, and are described in DiltsÕ book, Tools For Dreamers (l991). Colgrass originated ÒDeep Listening,Ó a technique for using hypnosis with audiences to heighten concentration, which is featured in the book Leaves Before The Wind (l991), a collection of innovative NLP ideas edited by Charlotte Bretto, Judith DeLozier, John Grinder and Sylvia Topel. His articles on creativity and life skills have appeared in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor and Music Magazine. His first book, My Lessons With Kumi, is the summation of his work as a trainer and performer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Real People Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0911226400
• ISBN 13: 9780911226409
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432