Connecting Alexander Technique with Focus Beethoven.
The Alexander Technique Framework, developed by Lathika Vithanage, extends from September 2026 to January 2027 and consists of the following elements:
Kick-Off Sessions
A one hour introduction with Lathika Vithanage, Irene Lukanow and G´eraldine Marmier.
The Alexander Technique Framework Kick-Off is a one-hour session introducing students to the project’s Alexander Technique offerings. Through playful experiences, students will get a taste of how the Alexander Technique can bring joy and ease to their music-making, and why it is especially relevant to this moment in music history.
Open to all – attend one session only.
- Kick-Off 1, Thursday 17 September, 16:30-17:30, Don Bosco, Heinz Holliger Auditorium
- Kick-off 2, Friday 18 September, 16:30-17:30, Don Bosco, Kapelle
Rediscovering the Pre-Industrial Musician
A six session course with Lathika Vithanage. Individual sessions with Lathika Vithanage and Irene Lukanow.
During the Industrial Revolution, the way musicians used their bodies to make music changed– and those habits are still in us today. This course looks at six areas where that shift took hold and explores how we might find our way back to a more natural, joyful relationship with our instruments and ourselves. Small-group sessions with two individual lessons included for each student. Sessions are offered on select Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the autumn semester at the following times:
- Tuesdays: 11:00–12:00 and 15:00–16:00
- Wednesdays: 10:00–11:00 and 16:00–17:00
Topic | Week of | |
|---|---|---|
1 | The Body and Space | 29-30 September |
2 | The Body and the Instrument | 13-14 October |
3 | The Body and the Mind | 20-21 October |
4 | The Body and Demand | 3-4 November |
5 | The Body and Habit | 24-25 November |
6 | The Body and the Heart | 1-2 December |
Location: Letzi (St. Alban Vorstadt 95)
To register: Email to beethoven@mab-bs.ch
Embodying Beethoveen (Beethoven-Akademie V, 29 October)
A one day workshop with Peter Buckoke and Judith Kleinman.
Playing music engages mind, body and emotions. Alexander Technique’s toolkit connects all three in the quest for musical expression. This Beethoven-Akademie, presented by Judith Kleinman and Peter Buckoke, will look at the body-mind-set that allows instrumental and vocal technique to retreat to the background, bringing inspired, connected performance to the fore, from the intimacy of chamber music to the vast expressive horizons of late Beethoven. Skills of self-regulation and co-regulation help bring performers to a state of freedom and graceful presence, vital for intuitive, mutually realised creativity.
Beethoven-Akademie V: Embodying Beethoven
Alexander Technique in Rehearsals & January Intensive
With Lathika Vithanage, Irene Lukanow, Géraldine Marmier and Lori Schiff.
Alexander Technique warm-ups will be incorporated into choir rehearsals throughout the semester, and Alexander Technique support will be integrated into the intensive rehearsal phase in January, with Juilliard’s Alexander Technique teacher Lori Schiff joining the local team.
Specific dates and details for rehearsal activities will be announced.
