Workshops
Performer's Lab
Faculty: Aenea Mizushima Keyes
Dates: Sunday, October 20 (online), October 27, November 3, November 17 from 1:30-3:00pm
Location: In-person at the Ann Getty Center for Education (50 Oak Street)
Prepare for your next performance at the interactive Performer’s Lab!
Coach and instructor, Aenea Mizushima Keyes, leads the Performer’s Lab! with exercises and related discussion topics to explore creative flow and joyful, expressive performance. Test new skills inside the Performer's Lab! 50 Oak Street classroom and the beautiful Sol Joseph Recital Hall! Continue engaging in the workshop's innovative performance suggestions by actively listening to classmates during coached performance explorations. Additionally, this unique Performer’s Lab! workshop supports CE performers by offering two in-person sessions before the November 10 CE Solo Recital:
- NEW! Session 1A: 10/20 online (1.25 hours) - A time to meet your instructor and workshop colleagues, share performance experiences and goals, and explore mindful awareness. New students have priortiy to play out a work-in-progress. All students are encouraged to engage in supportive listening and provide feedback.
- Session 1B: 10/27 in-person (1.75 hours) – Students are invited to play out any work-in-progress and explore performance awareness. Your instructor offers inside-out approaches and tips that inspire performance exploration. Students are to engage in active listening while classmates perform.
- Session 2: 11/3 in-person (1.5 hours) – Students learn simple yet effective exercises to strengthen mental performance preparation and apply new skills with on-stage explorations.
- Session 3: 11/17 in-person (1.5 hours) – A wrap-up class for students to engage in discussion & feedback. Students are also welcome to engage in further exploration, which may include fun structured improvisation to expand performance awareness. Next steps for all students will be explored and discussed.
All instruments and levels are welcome; performance is not required; new and returning
students learn together through discussion, explorations, and listening.
Faculty
SFCM instructor and coach, Aenea Mizushima Keyes, brings over 20 years of coaching experience to her work with students and professionals. Her international performances include innovative work as a soloist, chamber musician, and violinist-composer, and tours in the United States, Europe, Russia, and Japan. Aenea’s improvised compositions inspired by visual art have been showcased by the SFMOMA, the Asian Art Museum, the Oakland Museum, and London’s British Museum. Recordings as violinist and founding member of MusicAEterna include “Seasons” and “At the Museum,” featuring Aenea’s original compositions and MusicAEterna’s signature ChamberImprov. Aenea has also premiered works at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, including Carman Moore’s Mass for the 21st Century. M.M., National Academy of Music, Bulgaria; B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, USA.