PracticeMind, signed and fresh off the press

Hans Jørgen Jensen & Minna Rose Chung have paired once more to develop a new cello technique book entitled PracticeMind (2021). The book is based on the idea of "Deliberate Practice" from psychologist K. Anders Ericsson. The idea behind deliberate practice states that what is behind success in music performance is practicing outside one's comfort zone, not having innate talent. 

PracticeMind comes after the raving success of CelloMind (2017), a two-part, pedagogical method book that has been written to help musicians understand how intonation works and, more importantly, why it works the way it does. 

The winners of this auction item will each receive 1 signed copy of PracticeMind. With 3 copies available, that means there can be up to 3 winners for this item!

About the authors:

The recipient of numerous honors and awards, Professor Hans Jensen has performed and taught master classes across the United States, as well as in Canada, Australia, Brazil, Europe, Israel, Japan, and Korea. Many of his students are first-prize winners in numerous national and international competitions, as well as members of major U.S. orchestras and leading music schools. Hans Jensen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Denmark with cellist Asger Lund Christiansen, and at the Juilliard School with Leonard Rose and Channing Robbins.

Professor Jensen is also a faculty member of the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University, the Young Artists Program at the National Arts Centre in Canada, and the Meadowmount School of Music in New York.

Dr. Minna Chung has an international career in all performance milieus (solo, chamber, and orchestral), has taught master classes across four continents, and is a frequent guest artist at music festivals worldwide. She has been reviewed as “a bright light, her intelligent musicality and rich resonance a wonderful addition to any ensemble” by the Winnipeg Free Press. Dr. Chung is also the recipient of numerous awards, including the University of Manitoba’s Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship and Research.

Dr. Chung earned her degrees in cello performance at Oberlin Conservatory of Music (B.Mus.) with Norman Fischer and Peter Rejto, Northwestern University Bienen School of Music (M.Mus.) with Hans Jørgen Jensen, and SUNY Stony Brook University College of Arts and Sciences (D.M.A.) with Colin Carr.