At our summer arts camp in Bridgehampton , New York, close to Sag Harbor, Southampton, Sagaponack, and East Hampton, one of the concepts that underpins all of our classes is the idea of learning from the masters. What does this look like practically?
In music, both in Rock Camp and Jazz Workshop, it means learning songs that resonates with you, transcribing solos, deconstructing the aritecture of a song, copying scores, and more. In art, both in Diving into Art and Explore Ceramics, it means copying the drawings and paintings of past masters to learn their technique and style. In our Theater Workshop program, actors may study a specific acting style of another actor to understand the nuances of that approach, then adapt those skills to create their own unique performance.
The second part of this process is to bring all of these new found techniques into your own music, art, and acting. This process develops organically. Once you have internalized your new techniques and knowledge, the next step is to paradoxically “forget what you have learned .” You often find your music, art, and acting is now in a whole new place, and your own voice is strengthened.