01 Feb Q&A with Dr. Molly Gebrian – Saturday, August 9
Get focused, learn new practice techniques, and prepare to perform your very best this upcoming school year or season in this informative Q&A session with Dr. Molly Gebrian – violist, cognitive neuroscience expert, and author of the Learn Faster, Perform Better book and companion workbook, and The Practice Trio newsletter. The American Viola Society is pleased to present this session for violists and ALL musicians who want to use current scientific research to learn to practice more efficiently and achieve peak performance. Register to send in your question, and attend to learn how to maximize your potential!
Saturday, August 9
2:00pm ET / 11:00 PT
Live via Zoom
Click here to register!
Registration is free for current American Viola Society members and just $10 for members of the general public. You will receive an email with the link upon registration. All registrants will receive a link to the session video recording within 24 hours after the session ends, regardless of attendance.
Please feel free to include a question for Dr. Gebrian when you register. There will also be a live, open question and answer portion of the session as time allows. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn more about this important, impactful research and be the best musician you can be!
About Dr. Gebrian:
Dr. Molly Gebrian is a professional violist with a background in neuroscience. Holding degrees in both music and neuroscience from Oberlin College and Conservatory, New England Conservatory of Music, and Rice University, her area of expertise is applying the science of learning and memory to practicing and performing. Given this expertise, she is a frequent presenter on the neuroscience of practicing at conferences, universities, and music festivals in the US and abroad. Her book, Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician’s Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing will be released in July 2024 by Oxford University Press. As a violist, her performing is focused on promoting the music of marginalized composers, particular those from groups traditionally underrepresented in classical music. Her principal teachers include Peter Slowik, Carol Rodland, James Dunham and Garth Knox. Previously, she was the viola professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and the University of Arizona. After a decade of teaching viola at the collegiate level, she will join the faculty at New England Conservatory of Music in Fall 2024 to teach courses on the science of practicing.