Name: Artful Timpani Auditioning
Start: 2019-07-14T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2019-07-14T21:00:00-04:00
Location: NYU percussion department

Honoring Anders Ericsson (1947-2020)

Jason Haaheim | June 28, 2020July 6, 2020 | Auditioning Process, Deliberate Practice, Performance Psychology, Science & Music

Late last week, I learned through a colleague that Anders Ericsson — the intellectual father of deliberate practice — had just died, suddenly and tragically. He was only 73. Anders and I were emailing just a few days prior. This has been a complete gut-wrenching shock. Anyone who has worked with me knows how fully Ericsson’s research permeates everything I do, and everything I teach. And while it may be common for scientists’ work to have important ramifications for advancing understanding, technological development, and public policy, in my experience it’s much rarer…

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