The Art of Collaboration Chamber Music Rehearsal Techniques and Team Building

Annie Fullard, violinist and founding member of the Cavani String Quartet, serves as Director of Chamber Music and Sidney M Friedberg Chair at The Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University, as well as Distinguished Artist and Chair of Chamber Music at The Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University. Her performance and teaching career includes innovative chamber music residency work in all fifty states and abroad, including the Juilliard Summer Arts Program in Shanghai, China.

Dorianne Cotter-Lockard holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University, an M.B.A. from New York University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. Her research involves team collaboration, leadership, coaching, and music education.

Foreword by Peter Salaff
Preface
How to Use This Book
About the Companion Website
Acknowledgements
Introduction

Part I: Collaboration Basics to Build Your Team
Chapter 1: Our Rehearsal & Teaching Philosophy
Chapter 2: Working Well Together

Part II: Rehearsal Preparation and Process
Chapter 3: Individual Preparation
Chapter 4: Score Study
Chapter 5: Rehearsal Playbook

Part III: Inspiration and Interpretation
Chapter 6: Exploring Character
Chapter 7: Exploring the Composer's World

Part IV: Techniques for Productive Rehearsals
Chapter 8: Techniques for Cueing & Breathing Together
Chapter 9: Techniques for Rhythmic Alignment & Ensemble
Chapter 10: Techniques for Intonation
Chapter 11: Techniques for Sound Production
Chapter 12: Techniques for Projecting Expression
Chapter 13: Techniques for Strategic Listening & Balancing Voices
Chapter 14: The Capstone Technique: Live, Breathe, and Die (LBAD)

Notes
Appendices
Bibliography
Index