The How and Why of Music: Bringing Music To Life

Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic
68th Annual Conference • December 17–20, 2014

McCormick Place West
The How and Why

of Music
Bringing Music to Life
Barry Green
Inner Game of Music
email: [email protected]
2654 San Marcos Avenue

San Diego, CA 92104-5034
Jam – Scat – Move – Groove
Sponsored by GIA Publications, Inc.
GIA Publications, Inc. • 7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638

(800) 442-1358 or (708) 496-3800 • Fax (708) 496-3828 • www.giamusic.com
The How and Why of Music
Lecture Demonstration
Barry Green, author and double-bassist

assisted by Paul Kenyon, piano
Inner and Outer Games exist in music making, concert programming,

dance, theater, sports, and business.
Our inner focus is internal. Our outer focus is external.

There is no right or wrong, good or bad. Both exist.
Our awareness and acceptance of both can inform our decisions.
HOW do we MAKE MUSIC?

Body Demo: Rhiannon Music – Group (BML)
Inner Voice Demo: With Inner Voices – (IG) Piazzolla Oblivion & Tango (AW)
Discipline: How do we play fast? Daniels Video (MOM), Arvo Part (AW)
Passion: How do we teach feeling – passion – expression?

Darling (MOM), Casals (AG), Nature Scene (AG)
Voice: Inner vs. Outer – Peterson (MOM), Love Song (AG)
Movement: Kronos Video (BML), Scofield 5 words (BML)
WHY do we MAKE MUSIC?

• Outer requirements – expectations, demands, obligations.
• Common program motivations include: (1) competition, (2) rewards and $$,
(3) technical advancement, (4) self-identity and status, (5) boast or grandstand.
• Inner goal – Music that we feel – role as messenger in the arts.
• Common motivations are to share: (1) joy/pleasure, (2) inspiration, (3) human compassion,
(4) environmental compassion, (5) journey/fantasy.
• Corporon quote: “Music has the potential to empower, enrich, and change lives. The music we
choose should have a convincing and compelling reason.”
• Clevinger Video (BML): “Music Is a High Calling – A Sacred Trust”
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The Inner Game of Music
Barry Green (with W. Timothy Gallwey)
The Mastery of Music
Ten Pathways to True Artistry
Barry Green
The Inner Game of Music, the breakout hit that became a standard
primer in the music world, has taught thousands of musicians—
professionals and amateurs alike—how to overcome self-consciousness
and stage fright and to recapture a youthful, almost effortless capacity to
learn.
In his follow-up book, The Mastery of Music, Barry Green turns his expert hand to the
artistic pathways leading to extraordinary musicianship. He culls advice from dozens of
interviews with legends, including Dave Brubeck, Bobby McFerrin, Christopher Parkening,
Doc Severinsen, Frederica von Stade, Joshua Bell, the Harlem Boys Choir, and the Turtle
Island String Quartet. In these dialogues, he discovers that it’s not enough to have a cerebral
and emotional connection to the notes.
Essential reading for every musician, The Mastery of Music strikes a beautiful new chord.

G-6126 The Mastery of Music. Quality paperback, 295 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15.95
G-3598 The Inner Game of Music. Original hardcover, 225 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.95
DVD-255 The Inner Game of Music. Two-hour DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89.95
Inner Game Workbooks for individuals:

T141 Inner Game Workbook for C Instruments with cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00
(treble, alto, and bass clef)
T142 Inner Game Workbook for Transposed Instruments with cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00
(B-flat, E-flat, and F instruments)
T143 Inner Game Workbook for Piano with CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
T144 Inner Game Workbook for Voice with cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00
About Barry Green

Barry Green, a native Californian, served as Principal Bassist of the Cincinnati Symphony for 28 years
and was also former Executive Director of the International Society of Bassists. Green currently teaches
double bass at the University of California–Santa Cruz. He has created two new multimedia productions
called Anna’s Way: From Inspiration to Artistry and Anna’s Gift: The Way of Passion. These unique hour-
long productions are for solo bass, narration with background visuals and performed in combo version
as well as with full concert band. Green is author of three books dealing with the philosophy of music—
the mind, body, and spirit: The Inner Game of Music (Doubleday, 1986), The Mastery of Music: Ten
Pathways to True Artistry (Broadway/Doubleday, 2003) and Bringing Music to Life! (GIA, 2009). Green
has also written three bass method books and many solo recordings.
Additional information about Barry Green, his activities, calendar of appearances, and more is
available at www.innergameofmusic.com
To contact Barry Green,

e-mail [email protected]
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Barry Green
Foreword by Don Campbell
World-class bassist and best-selling author Barry
Green has spent his life learning and showing others
how to bring music to life.
Three sections delve deeply into the
methodology, techniques, and inspiration
required to energize and enliven music
making for amateurs and professionals alike.
Green reaches inside to recount life-changing
experiences. Fellow musicians describe how they
have discovered the ability to create joy and
excitement in performance.
A stimulating series of activities and
reflections using YouTube video clips helps the
reader take Green’s ideas and concepts off the page “This is not a book to read, it is a book to

and put them into action. live. Bringing Music to Life can launch your
courage, vision, and vitality.” —from the
foreword by Don Campbell, author of The
G-7413 Hardcover, 252 pages . . . . $24.95 Mozart Effect.
DVD— Bringing
Music to Life
Barry Green
with special guest David Darling
Grammy-winning improvising cellist-educator
Astonishing demonstrations with more than
200 high school performers in a wide variety of
music settings, this DVD captures the methods,
techniques, and inspiration that best-selling
author Barry Green employs to truly bring
music to life.
Guest clinicians include David Darling,
Kristin Korb, John Clayton, Alan Scofield,
Mark Dresser, Mary Knysh, Lynn Miller, Julie
Weber, Jerry Pannone, and Harvey Benstein.
YouTube links embedded on this DVD Interactive exercises invite you to
connect you to additional clips showing the unlock the three pathways of breath,
Bringing Music to Life principles of breath, pulse, pulse, and movement. Play along,
and movement, with examples from Gustavo move, drum, and sing as you bring
Dudamel, Leonard Bernstein, Joshua Bell, Kronos music to life with these simple,
Quartet, Tito Puente, and more. inspiring demonstrations.
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Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic

68th Annual Conference • December 17–20, 2014

The How and Why

2654 San Marcos Avenue

Sponsored by GIA Publications, Inc.

GIA Publications, Inc. • 7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638

Barry Green, author and double-bassist

Inner and Outer Games exist in music making, concert programming,

Our inner focus is internal. Our outer focus is external.

HOW do we MAKE MUSIC?

Passion: How do we teach feeling – passion – expression?

Voice: Inner vs. Outer – Peterson (MOM), Love Song (AG)

Movement: Kronos Video (BML), Scofield 5 words (BML)

WHY do we MAKE MUSIC?

• Inner goal – Music that we feel – role as messenger in the arts.

• Clevinger Video (BML): “Music Is a High Calling – A Sacred Trust”

Inner Game Workbooks for individuals:

About Barry Green

To contact Barry Green,

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