Jennifer Roig-Francoli
For this first episode in Season 4, I welcome the violinist, author and coach Jennifer Roig-Francoli. We talk about her newly released book, “Make Great Music with Ease! The Secret to Smarter Practice, Confident Performance, and Living a Happier Life”, and Jennifer’s The Art of Freedom Method which incorporates the mind-body skills of the Alexander Technique. This episode also features excerpts from her solo violin album, Solo con Spirito, with music of Kreisler, Enescu and Bach.
Jennifer had the opportunity to study with Nathan Milstein, Josef Gingold and Stanley Ritchie and has had an interesting career as a performer, including with Appollo’s Fire. We talk about performing barefoot at Carnegie Hall, travels to India, and in Jennifer’s words” how you do one thing is how you do everything”. I myself have been helped by different mind-body practices including the Alexander Technique to address habitual tensions in my own life.
I trust this inspiring and helpful episode will be of help to you, both musical performers and not, because the content of this discussion addresses universal challenges for all of us.
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This conversation is punctuated by some excerpts from Jennifer’s solo album, and I hope you’ll listen to the whole album which you’ll find both on streaming services, or better yet for purchase on her website. Jennifer Roig-Francoli website Photo: Tina Gutierrez
I have had several interviews talking about some of the same issues as this episode. My interviews with Julie Lyonn-Lieberman, Madeline Bruser
Stephen Nachmanovitch, Derek Gripper and Daniel Ramjattan will be good places to start if you missed any of those.
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