Madeline Bruser lectures widely on the Art of Practicing and teaches privately in New York City.
"Madeline Bruser has put together a valuable and insightful look at
the art of practicing. If more people read this this book, perhaps
we might see an increase in the number of inspired and joyful music
makers who, rather than viewing practice as a punitive activity,
regard it as the supreme opportunity to explore their own
creativity."
American Music Teacher
"An essential and brilliant book. Madeline Bruser gives us insight,
wisdom, and tremendous practicality."
--Don Campbell, author of The Mozart Effect
"I've often thought of practice as playing--in the stretching,
somersault, skipping, serenely special sense of the word--and The
Art of Practicing reaffirms that. It gently and joyfully reminds us
of the beautiful reasons we love music and become musicians in the
first place."
--Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist
"The attitude and approach presented in this book ring true and can
inspire us to open up to music with stimulated imagination and
inquisitiveness and to play from the heart every time we sit down
to play. I recommend this book and its ideas very highly."
--Peter Serkin, pianist
"An excellent sourcebook for musicians...logical, well thought-out,
and clearly written, as well as medically tenable...thoughtful,
sensitive, and very practical."
--Alice G. Brandfonbrenner, M.D., founding director Medical Program
for Performing Artists, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago,
editor, Medical Problems of Performing Artists
"This is a book to read and read again, whether you are a
performing musician or a serious listener."
The Washington Times
"Give this book to any musician you love and to any person who
loves what music does for them and for the world.
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--Richard Stoltzman, clarinetist
"Luminous and inspiring. "
--Paula Robison, flutist
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