Clinician & Soloist
Mark Zauss, BC-TMH, NCC, CCHMC, LMHC, LPC is available as an online Guest Artist, and Clinician at your school or organization.Mark helps others discover their strengths and reach obtainable goals. By increasing awareness, obstacles can become manageable and playing the instrument can become less stressful and more enjoyable. Mark's training as a Psychotherapist adds another dimension to his clinics and he offers a multi dimensional approach.
The focus of his clinics and brass instruction include:
- Increasing your upper register while using less pressure
- Developing a full sound in the upper register
- Refining practice routines for maximum efficiency
- Increasing range and endurance
- Rebuilding and repairing embouchure, "troubleshooting"
- Providing tools to decrease performance anxiety
- Teaching techniques to overcome road blocks
- Reframing self defeating thoughts
- Improving the breathing process (complete Yoga Breath)
- Giving career guidance in the changing music industry
Workshop 1) Building Performance Skills
- Improve listening skills and cooperation within an ensemble
- Team building exercises
- How to mentally and physically prepare for a concert
- Improve ability to focus
- Reduce unwanted anxiety before performance
- Stage Fright - Coping with performance anxiety
- Site reading and practice techniques
Workshop 2) Air, Sound, and Upper Register.
Developing the upper register begins with the complete yoga breath. Before playing, the throat must be opened and the body must stay in a relaxed state. Mark demonstrates on the trumpet an even and big sound in over 4 octaves while maintaining a relaxed state. Mark provides literature to each student during the clinic and demonstrates his technique by actually having one of the trumpet players in the clinic hit notes they have never been able to play before. Mark shows the student practice techniques which improve range, endurance, steady air, and free sound. Students and professionals become frustrated with trumpet playing and often feel "stuck". Mark specializes in helping brass players overcome their obstacles and get the sound the always wanted.
Developing the upper register begins with the complete yoga breath. Before playing, the throat must be opened and the body must stay in a relaxed state. Mark demonstrates on the trumpet an even and big sound in over 4 octaves while maintaining a relaxed state. Mark provides literature to each student during the clinic and demonstrates his technique by actually having one of the trumpet players in the clinic hit notes they have never been able to play before. Mark shows the student practice techniques which improve range, endurance, steady air, and free sound. Students and professionals become frustrated with trumpet playing and often feel "stuck". Mark specializes in helping brass players overcome their obstacles and get the sound the always wanted.
Workshop 3) Succeeding in a Career in Music.In his Career in Music Workshop, Mark defines key points for succeeding in the music industry:
- Preparation needed for a career in performance and what is expected of a musician on a gig.
- Business skills required by musicians and how to get work.
- The importance of a back up plan and getting a degree.
- Entering the arena of the professional musician: attitude, ethics, dealing with contractors and clients.
- Key marketing tools to increase the amount of work you can get.
- Maintaining one's positive attitude.
Workshop 4) Jazz Band Workshop.
Involving a guest artist in the beginning stages of a concert can measurably increase the success of an event. Mark details the director’s, student’s, and guest artist's roles to one another and clarifies the importance of team cooperation with positive feedback.
Mark emphasizes basic principles of music, which include the importance of style, interpretation, conception, dynamics, blend, intonation and rhythm. In this workshop, Mark defines improvisation, explains the process of learning how to improvise, and explains how students can teach themselves how to improvise.
Involving a guest artist in the beginning stages of a concert can measurably increase the success of an event. Mark details the director’s, student’s, and guest artist's roles to one another and clarifies the importance of team cooperation with positive feedback.
Mark emphasizes basic principles of music, which include the importance of style, interpretation, conception, dynamics, blend, intonation and rhythm. In this workshop, Mark defines improvisation, explains the process of learning how to improvise, and explains how students can teach themselves how to improvise.
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