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Professional Development at NOI

NOIplus is a series of masterclasses and seminars designed to address a wide array of topics from orchestra management to healthy playing. While at NOI, you will not only be immersed in great music making but, through a series of innovative guest speakers and experiences, asked to reflect on the challenges facing orchestral musicians in the 21st Century.

Highlights for 2012 include a seminars on entrepreneurship and improvisation led by James Undercofler and Robert Gibson, respectively.

• An Insiders Guide to Life in an Orchestra with Rita Shapiro, Executive Director, National Symphony Orchestra
• Period Practice for Modern Instruments with Richard King, musicologist
• Woodwind Repair with Christopher Millard
• Orchestras and Dance with MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient, Liz Lerman
• Injury Prevention for Musicians with Leah Fleisher
• Screening of "Music from the Inside Out" followed by an open discussion with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
• Music Careers in Europe with Johann Stöcker, Bass Trombone, Vienna Philharmonic