TEACHING & CONCERTS – LOS ANGELES SCHEDULE

DAY I - MAY 24, 2006 

Morning 10 am:
Greeting and getting to know one another – students get to introduce themselves.
U.J.R. talks about Sky Academy as well as its purpose and goals.
This is followed by an informal lecture by Uli, which includes demonstrations.

Subject 1 <  THE  WAY  OF  INSPIRATION > 

What is Inspiration? What it means, how you can attract and use it
in a musical context.
This is followed by Questions & Answers
Lunch break

Afternoon:
MASTER CLASS No. 1
selected students will play on stage while Uli will guide,
comment and demonstrate. This is followed by a sound check.

Evening: < ULI  JON  ROTH  - SKY ACADEMY CONCERT No I >

Uli will perform music from all phases of his career
together with his band.

DAY II - MAY 25, 2006 

Morning:
First concentration exercises, visualisation techniques - then

Subject 2 < MUSIC AND ART >
  
The visual and the aural aspects – informal lecture with help of on-screen
projections and demonstrations by U.J.R.  How music is related to visual clues
and how this expanded awareness will benefit your playing.

Afternoon:
Subject 3  < THE ART OF  SOUND – THE  MEANING  OF  SOUND >
 < THE  ART  OF  THE  RECORDING  STUDIO >

Find out about the emotional aspects of sound and put it into musical context.
Then go into detail about how to achieve certain results in the recording studio.

Followed by:
MASTER CLASS No. 2

selected students will play on stage while Uli will guide,
comment and demonstrate.  There will also be a guest artist demonstrating
his approach to playing music and he will interact with Uli on stage.

Evening: 
Subject 4  < THE ART OF REHEARSING >
 
Uli begins to prepare the students for a concert. He selects appropriate
players and rehearses with them on stage, explains how to
conduct rehearsals, and talks about musical leadership and teamwork. 
Uli also lets the students lead the rehearsal in turn while guiding them.

DAY III - MAY 26, 2006 

Morning:
Concentration exercises, visualisation techniques - then:

Subject 5  < THE  PSYCHOLOGY  OF  MUSIC >

How does your own attitude and your state of mind affect
and determine the quality of your playing ?  How can you gain
and maintain control over these ?

Afternoon: 
Subject 6 < MIND  VERSUS  EMOTIONS – TWO  SIDES OF A COIN >

About the meaning of EMOTIONS in a musical context. How to integrate the emotional
with the structural, purely logical, detached view of the mind in order to become
a more complete musician and performer.

Followed by:
MASTER CLASS No. 3

  selected students will play on stage while Uli will guide,
comment and demonstrate. There will be another guest artist demonstrating
his approach to playing music and he will interact with Uli on stage.

Evening: 
< ULI JON ROTH - SKY  ACADEMY CONCERT No. II >

DAY IV - MAY 27, 2006 

Morning:
 Concentration exercises, visualisation techniques - then

Subject 7 < THE  IMPORTANCE  OF  HIGH QUALITY  TECHNIQUE
AND  HOW  TO  TRANSCEND  TECHNIQUE >

How to acquire it - how to increase it - how to transcend it

Afternoon:
Subject 8 < THE  ART  OF  MUSICAL  PERFORMANCE >
< THE ART OF  PERFORMING  IN  FRONT OF  AN AUDIENCE >

Practical and all sorts of other aspects about performing live in front
of an audience. Uli also explores the psychology of what it entails to
perform on stage and shares his experiences. A lot of players tend to"freeze"
up when they have to perform and get paralyzed with fear, meaning that they play
much less good in front of an audience than they would when they are at home alone.
This can be a very frustrating experience. Uli feels that most of these players
can be helped to achieve greater freedom of expression on stage and he will
give vital pointers and clues about how to achieve this. 

MASTER CLASS No. 4

followed by:
Rehearsals for the evening’s concert. Uli will demonstrate how
to achieve results within a minimum of available time.

Evening: < ULI JON ROTH - SKY ACADEMY CONCERT No. III >
SUPER JAM

This show involves the best of the Sky Academy students and gives them 
a chance to perform in a professional environment in front of a real audience,
while hopefully putting to good use some of the teachings of the academy.

DAY V - MAY 28, 2006 

Morning:
Meeting outdoors in the park – AFTERMATH and ANALYSYS
Views of students and all those involved.

Subject 9  < THE  FUTURE  OF  MUSIC >
talking about the future of music
and our own contribution. The past, present and future…

SYMPOSIUM:

Spend the afternoon and evening with Uli and friends at a private dinner party.

(The running order of the teaching subjects may still change)