Magic Magic Mountain Music Farm is devoted to helping musicians move up the ladder of artistic success. Over the years, many participants have been inspired by their retreat experience to improve their positions in orchestra, chamber music and solo playing. To view the twelve year record of Farm Inspired Achievements click on the tab below. Although in each retreat the program is custom-tailored to your particular needs, two of the sessions have a narrowed focus designed to enhance your earning power and professional status: The Performance Power Retreat and the Orchestral Excerpts Retreat. The Performance Power Retreat is designed for musicians who are yearning to develop their performing personalities, to tackle everything from stress management to charisma. Each Performance Power Retreat culminates in a public performance. Click here for the details. In the Orchestral Excerpts Retreat you learn specific practice techniques to achieve a consistent result on your first try, under pressure. Click here for the details. Click on the tabs below to experience these unique retreats through the words of the participants and pictures of their life at the farm.

	"At the Performance Power Retreat I began to truly TRUST that by following the musical line with focused clarity and depth of understanding, I could create a wholly integrated performance, void of my destructive demons." Anna Kruger, Violist Lark String Quartet
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The PERFORMANCE POWER RETREAT is designed for musicians who are yearning to develop their performing personalities, to tackle everything from stress management to charisma. Each Performance Power Retreat culminates in a public performance. There is a pianist available for rehearsals, workshops, and performances; and the workshops are oriented to solving performance problems, such as managing stress before and during the performance, managing practice to perform with conviction and excitement, creating a compelling interpretation, maximizing projection of the interpretation in a hall, rehearsing with a pianist, and commanding the stage. At the end of the 16 day session, each participant gives a public performance at the beautiful stone church in Gilbertsville, NY and receives a videotape of his/her performance to discuss and take home. Back to top
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In the ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS RETREAT you learn specific practice techniques to achieve a consistent result on your first try, under pressure. You are made aware of what the orchestra committees are listening for in each excerpt and how to realize it. In addition, you participate in mock auditions behind a screen to exercise your capacity to function under pressure. All of your playing in mock auditions and workshops is videotaped to help you to objectify and control your successes and to analyze and design solutions to your musical and technical weaknesses. You will learn specific strategies to mantain mental and physical poise and to develop technical consistency and courage. Back to top
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