The Musician's Soul : A Journey Examining Spirituality for Performers, Teachers, Composers, Conductors, and Music Educators

Acknowledgments xiii Part One: Setting the Stage Introduction 3(14) Self-Expression and Center 9(1) The Order of the Journey 10(3) Beginning to Understand: The Nature of the Creative Being 13(4) ``Give Me Some Old Time Religion'' 17(12) Is It Religion or Is It Faith? 22(2) Faith Brought to Music: Wonder and Awe 24(5) Part Two: Exploring Soulfulness Three Important Ingredients: Being Open, Being Vulnerable, and Knowing Your Center 29(12) Vulnerability 32(1) Vulnerability Taught by Life 33(3) Life: A Straight Line or a Spiral? 36(1) Toward a Definition of Center 37(1) Exercises 38(3) The Spiritual Presence of the Musician: Spiritual Synergism That Grows Out of Solitude and Being Alive 41(12) The Issues for Those Who Receive 47(3) Toward a Definition of Center 50(3) Understanding and Pursuing Center and Soul 53(16) Deepening 56(1) Intensification 57(1) Shedding 58(1) Repetition 58(1) Emptying 59(1) Exercise 60(9) Part Three: The Larger Picture Musicians As Community 69(10) Influences of a Profound Soul 79(18) Elaine Brown: Biographical Background 82(1) An Indomitable Spirit 83(3) The Sectional Assignment: The First Close Encounter 86(2) The Lessons 88(4) The Rehearsal 92(2) In Retrospect 94(3) Part Four: Concious Choices Mimetics and Envy: The Mimetic Predicament of the Musician, The Major Obstacle for the Creative Artist 97(26) The Mimetic Triangle 110(1) Mirrored Mimesis 111(3) How to Make the Right Mimetic Choice: The Path to a Good Mimesis 114(3) Solitude and Quiet: Gaining Access to a Good Mimesis 117(2) What Is a Person? 119(1) Freedom 119(1) Lack of Isolation of the Person 120(1) Access to Stillness 121(1) Suggested Reading and Sources 122(1) The Heart, Stillness, and Simplicity 123(10) Achieving Mimetic Balance 125(2) The Horizontal Axis 127(1) The Vertical Axis: The Process of Deepening 128(5) Part Five: The End As The Beginning Soulwrestling: Awareness and Salvation for the Creative Artist 133(42) Postscript Essays Matthew Mehaffey 145(9) Heather Buchanan 154(6) Donald Sheehan 160(15) References and Further Reading with Selected Annotations 175(8) Index of Quoted Persons 183(2) About the Author 185