Wednesday 22 July

This morning we started the day with sprinkles for breakfast, and then we did yoga in the sun. It was very hard work, but then we had a lie down on the lawn, so we could "sleep" for a minute. After the yoga NTK and YIP had seperated flute warm-ups.

After some private pratice en relaxing we had Alexander Technique, where you learn about posture and breathing, with Maaike. At Alexander Technique we had another lie down after some standing ups. By then we were really hungry and ate more sprinkles for lunch.

In the afternoon YIP had a class with Wieke about concentration and the psychology of practice, while NTK had a masterclass with Emily, and people played pieces by Roussel, Quantz and Taktakishvili. After a short break Emily gave the YIP a masterclass, where pieces by Nielsen, Prokofiev and Plati were played. At the same time NTK had flute orchestra rehearsal.

Then NTK had time to rehearse with their ensembles, ready for the concerts on saturday and sunday: please come listen! Camilla had a lesson with Emily. Then we had dinner with eve more sprinkles, for dessert.

In the evening we had a workshop called "Creative music making" by Ned McGowan. We learnt lots of extended techniques and composed a piece for the concert.