KennyWernerLive.com http://kennywernerlive.com Kenny Werner's Effortless Mastery books, DVD's, CD's, Telewebinars, and Jazz Blog Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Emotional Roller Coaster at Manhattan School of Music - Your Effortless Mastery Reminders #013 http://kennywernerlive.com/effortless-mastery-reminders/emotional-roller-coaster-at-manhattan-school-of-music-your-effortless-mastery-reminders-013 http://kennywernerlive.com/effortless-mastery-reminders/emotional-roller-coaster-at-manhattan-school-of-music-your-effortless-mastery-reminders-013#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:55:27 +0000 drandrewcolyer http://kennywernerlive.com/?p=406 manhattan-school-of-music

In previous posts, I wrote about how I became popular in high school,

and where my musical influences came from.

Even though I had very little academic success in high school . . .
and I didn’t have much of an attention span . . .

Everything was under control.

I seemed to get something for nothing in music until the day of reckoning came.  I applied and was accepted to the Manhattan School of Music as a classical piano major.  It didn’t matter that I didn’t know Beethoven from Brahms, or that I didn’t care to know, I was going to be a concert pianist!

Up to this time it had a been a free ride.  Without practicing at all, I was the best player everywhere I went.  The messages I received from parents, aunts, uncles, and teachers was “you’re great” or “we’ll see you in  Carnegie Hall!”

Because of these messages and the extreme low self-esteem I felt in all other areas, I had to be, in my mind, nothing less than the best.  I felt like my life would have truly been a failure if I didn’t play at Carnegie Hall some day.

I was always either very high or very low.  If I heard a pianist play better than I,  I wanted to die! I would literally feel worthless.  I had come to depend so heaviliy on my talent for validation.  I couldn’t face not being God’s gift to music.

Manhattan School of Music was a real slap in the face for me.  There were students with talent equal to mine, but they could practice long hours.  This was devastating.

Instead of being the special one - the musician - I was for the first time in my life, just a nother one, and not a particularly distinguished one at that.

I felt like an imposter; someone who pretended to be involved in what he was doing. Without the distraction of being that special guy, I was nothing.  I had no purpose, no direction, and I didn’t even know why I was playing music anymore.

Have you ever felt this way?

Emotional ups and downs with your musical talent?

Are you practicing your own Effortless Mastery now?

Make Sure You Get Kenny’s “Living Effortless Mastery” DVD

Thank you for being here as part of our Effortless Mastery Community.

To Your Effortless Mastery,

Kenny Werner
and
Dr. Andrew Colyer

KennyWernerLive.com
and
ConsciousWorldMedia.com

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]]> http://kennywernerlive.com/effortless-mastery-reminders/emotional-roller-coaster-at-manhattan-school-of-music-your-effortless-mastery-reminders-013/feed Free Music Clinic Part 1 - Kenny Werner’s Effortless Mastery Videos http://kennywernerlive.com/kenny-werner-videos/free-music-clinic-part-1-kenny-werner%e2%80%99s-effortless-mastery-videos http://kennywernerlive.com/kenny-werner-videos/free-music-clinic-part-1-kenny-werner%e2%80%99s-effortless-mastery-videos#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:42:54 +0000 drandrewcolyer http://kennywernerlive.com/?p=387 Here’s your latest Kenny Werner Video!

It’s an excerpt from the NEW “Living Effortless Mastery” DVD.

Get Your Copy of the DVD “Living Effortless Mastery”
by clicking on the “Online Store” link above:
http://kennywernerlive.com/kenny-werners-effortless-mastery-and-music-store

Enjoy!

Thank you for being here as part of our Effortless Mastery Community.

To Your Effortless Mastery,

Kenny Werner
and
Dr. Andrew Colyer

KennyWernerLive.com
and
ConsciousWorldMedia.com

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]]> http://kennywernerlive.com/kenny-werner-videos/free-music-clinic-part-1-kenny-werner%e2%80%99s-effortless-mastery-videos/feed Kenny Werner’s Effortless Mastery Videos BANFF Part Two http://kennywernerlive.com/kenny-werner-videos/kenny-werner%e2%80%99s-effortless-mastery-videos-banff-part-two http://kennywernerlive.com/kenny-werner-videos/kenny-werner%e2%80%99s-effortless-mastery-videos-banff-part-two#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:19:14 +0000 drandrewcolyer http://kennywernerlive.com/?p=369 Here’s your latest Kenny Werner Video!

It’s from Kenny’s One-Man show
at the Banff Performing Arts Centre
in Alberta, Canada

Enjoy!

Thank you for being here as part of our Effortless Mastery Community.

To Your Effortless Mastery,

Kenny Werner
and
Dr. Andrew Colyer

KennyWernerLive.com
and
ConsciousWorldMedia.com

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It’s from Kenny’s One-Man show
at the Banff Performing Arts Centre
in Alberta, Canada

Enjoy!

Thank you for being here as part of our Effortless Mastery Community.

To Your Effortless Mastery,

Kenny Werner
and
Dr. Andrew Colyer

KennyWernerLive.com
and
ConsciousWorldMedia.com

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]]> http://kennywernerlive.com/kenny-werner-videos/kenny-werners-effortless-mastery-videos-banff-part-one/feed Kenny Werner Trio at Jazz Standard in NYC = February 10th and 11th http://kennywernerlive.com/kenny-werner-on-tour/kenny-werner-trio-at-jazz-standard-in-nyc-february-10th-and-11th http://kennywernerlive.com/kenny-werner-on-tour/kenny-werner-trio-at-jazz-standard-in-nyc-february-10th-and-11th#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:09:14 +0000 drandrewcolyer http://kennywernerlive.com/?p=350 Kenny Werner Trio Live in New York City

Kenny Werner (piano)

Johannes Weidenmueller (bass)

Ari Hoenig (drums)

The Jazz Standard
116 E. 27th Street (between Park and Lexington)
New York, New York

Tuesday, February 10th
Wednesday, February 11th

Two Sets Nightly
7:30 pm and 9:30 pm

Jazz Standard welcomes back Kenny Werner, one of the most lyrical interpreters and composers to be found in Our Music – “a true innovator with a delicate touch and a vivid imagination…” (Jazziz)

Kenny was a child prodigy who made his first recording at age 11 and went on to perform and record with Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, and the Mel Lewis Orchestra (among many others) while honing his skills as a solo and duo pianist.  As one of the leaders in jazz education, he joined the faculty of The New School’s jazz department in New York City in 1987, and currently teaches internationally and at NYU.

The beautiful, exploratory music of the Kenny Werner Trio offers what Bob Blumenthal described in The Boston Globe as “an ever-evolving definition of the spontaneity that remains at the heart of jazz…”

Tickets: $25 plus tax

Are we going to see you in New York City at the Jazz Standard?

Thank you for being here as part of our Effortless Mastery Community.

To Your Effortless Mastery,

Kenny Werner
and
Dr. Andrew Colyer

KennyWernerLive.com
and
ConsciousWorldMedia.com

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We just finished

Kenny Werner’s
Fifth
Effortless Mastery Telewebinar

Last night = Thursday, January 29th, 2009

Kenny is such the “Musical Sage”
You will definitely want to be taking notes on this one.

Again, we had people literally from all over the world:
Jerusalem, Israel; Hamburg, Germany; Canada; Buenos Aires;
San Diego, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, Philadelphia,
Colorado, Florida, California, etc.

How do you think it’s going?

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and Your Free mp3 Download!

Maybe we’ll answer YOUR question
on our next Live TeleWebinar . . .

Thank you for being here as part of our Effortless Mastery Community.

To Your Effortless Mastery,

Kenny Werner
and
Dr. Andrew Colyer

KennyWernerLive.com
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ConsciousWorldMedia.com

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Get Your Effortless Mastery Questions Answered!
The Web page for Effortless Mastery TeleWebinar #5 is Live Now!

Join us this Thursday, January 29th, 2009

6 pm Pacific / 8 pm Central / 9 pm Eastern

Go to this web page

and

Ask Your Question Now:

Kenny Werner’s Effortless Mastery TeleWebinar #005

See you Thursday!

Kenny Werner’s
Effortless Mastery Telewebinar #005

Thursday, January 29th, 2009
6 pm Eastern / 8 pm Central / 9 pm Eastern

FORMAT: Simulcast!
(Attend via Phone or Webcast — it’s your choice)

If you can’t make it live,
we’ll give you access to the mp3 recording for download . . .

TO GET ACCESS TO THE REPLAY,
SIGN UP FOR OUR LIST IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER
OF THIS WEB PAGE . . .

See you then!

Thank you for being here as part of our Effortless Mastery Community.

To Your Effortless Mastery,

Kenny Werner
and
Dr. Andrew Colyer

KennyWernerLive.com
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ConsciousWorldMedia.com

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Music For All And Jazz Education Network
Announce Strategic Partnership

Two of the nation’s leading music and arts organizations team up to support,
promote and expand jazz education.

Music for All (MFA) and the Jazz Education Network (JEN) have announced a strategic partnership that will support and expand jazz education for teachers and students.

Music for all is one of the nation’s largest and most influential organizations in support of music-making, with more than three decades of experience presenting educational programming and conducting ground-breaking research and advocacy efforts in support of arts education.

The Jazz Education Network is dedicated to building the jazz arts community by advancing education, promoting performance and developing new audiences.

“By partnering, both MFA and JEN believe that we can serve even more music educators and have a greater positive impact on jazz education and performance,” says MFA President and CEO Scott McCormick.

“As Jazz is America’s truly indigenous art form, the combining of resources to help nurture the culture by developing and marketing positive programs in jazz education, will surely help to ensure jazz becomes engrained in our societies collective consciousness,” says JEN Vice President Dr. Lou Fischer.

New collaborative programming will be part of the MFA and JEN partnership. Music for All’s jazz education programs for high school students and teachers at its Summer Symposium will be presented in partnership with JEN. Dr. Lou Fischer, Professor of Music and Jazz Division Chair at Capital University, is the coordinator of the MFA Summer Symposium Jazz Division.

The National Honors Jazz Band of America, part of the Music for All National Festival, presented by Yamaha, will also be presented in partnership with JEN. The Jazz Band of America will perform in concert Friday, March 20th at Clowes Memorial Hall in Indianapolis, conducted by Dr. Ron McCurdy, Yamaha Performing Artist and Professor of Music in the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. JEN will also engage in marketing and promotional efforts for the Jazz Band of America and coordinate future audition and applicant evaluations for the ensemble.

JEN and Music for All expect to expand their educational and performance jazz programming in the future including launching a national honors jazz vocal ensemble for high school aged singers at the Music for All National Festival and expanded jazz educational offering for teachers at the Music for All Summer Symposium.

For more information on Music for All, visit www.musicforall.org.

For more information about the Jazz Education Network visit http://www.JazzEdNet.org.

Thank you for being part of our Effortless Mastery community.

Kenny Werner
and
Dr. Andrew Colyer

KennyWernerLive.com
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ConsciousWorldMedia.com

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Betty Buckley

and

Kenny Werner

Live at Yoshi’s Jazz Club San Francisco

  • Thursday, Jan 8, 2009
  • Friday, January 9, 2009
  • Saturday, January 10, 2009
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  • Thursday 8pm & 10pm $32
  • Friday 8pm & 10pm $35
  • Saturday 8pm & 10pm $35
Broadway legend Betty Buckley will be making her Yoshi’s debut beginning Jan. 8–10 with her long time collaborator legendary jazz great, Kenny Werner. Their most recent CD, “QUINTESSENCE”, released this past spring is a stunning tribute to Buckley’s almost nineteen year working relationship with Werner. This album is the pair’s ninth album together and is a perfect bookend to the recently released “Betty Buckley 1967″, released October, 2007 , also by Playbill Records/Sony BMG.  Werner & Buckley will be supported for their Yoshi’s engagement by two renowned San Francisco musicians, Peter Barshay on bass and Alan Hall on drums.

“Quintessence”, reflects the seasoned finesse and musical virtuosity of the two collaborators and their long time quintet —a performance that travels the artistic landscape of one of the most distinguished and celebrated performers of today with her incredible arranger, pianist and musical director, the world renowned Werner.

At Yoshi’s fans of Betty Buckley and Kenny Werner can expect a beautiful musical welcome to the new year and an early valentine of story songs about life, love and change. The show will be constructed from selections of their vast repertoire and the latest CD and potentially include a smoky, jazz-infused version of the famous Sergio Mendes and Bergman’s collaboration, So Many Stars and an achingly “hushed” version of Get Here, the hit song made famous by Oleta Adams.  In between is a magical mix of music that takes the dramatic range and thea trics of Buckley’s voice and infuses it with the jazz influence of the masterful Werner and the skillful trio of musicians..

Buckley and Werner are also featured on a special podcast series discussing Quintessence and their creative process which is available on masterworksbroadway.com, playbill.com, iTunes and other podcast forums.

Buckley and Werner’s unique interpretations of jazz and standards, eclectic songs from the great American Songbook and by contemporary singer/songwriters, Brazilian songs and musical theatre milestones are a diverse collection of tunes culled from the best of their critically acclaimed concerts and cabaret shows around the world at venues as from Carnegie Hall to NYC’s famed Blue Note Jazz Club and the elegant Feinstein’s cabaret at the Regency Hotel in NYC.

Their recent recording like their evening in concert offers truly original renditions of songs performed with a fresh approach, a chemistry and alchemy coming from years spent together performing across the nation and around the world.

“I have such appreciation for the work that has come from the almost two decades I’ve spent working with Kenny.  He has been by my side for some of the most treasured moments of my career, and for that I am truly grateful,” said Buckley.

Buckley describes their musical choices as “paintings with sound.” In fact, she used paintings to illustrate what she envisioned for each song as she and Werner discussed the “feel” for each of the unique arrangements.

Thank you for being part of our Effortless Mastery community.

Kenny Werner
and
Dr. Andrew Colyer

KennyWernerLive.com
and
ConsciousWorldMedia.com

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Happy Holidays!

Happy Solstice . . .

Happy Hanukkah . . .

Merry Christmas . . .

Happy Kwanzaa . . .

Happy New Year . . .

We wish you and all your friends, relatives, and loved ones
a very happy holidays.

Relax!

Enjoy yourself!

Don’t get too stressed out!

And remember, no matter how busy you get . . .

you can still take 5 minutes for your Effortless Mastery practice.

Thank you for being part of our Effortless Mastery community.

Kenny Werner
and
Dr. Andrew Colyer

KennyWernerLive.com
and
ConsciousWorldMedia.com

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