Annie Fullard, violinist and founding member of the Cavani String Quartet, serves as Director of Chamber Music and Sidney M Friedberg Chair at The Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University, as well as Distinguished Artist and Chair of Chamber Music at The Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University. Her performance and teaching career includes innovative chamber music residency work in all fifty states and abroad, including the Juilliard Summer Arts Program in Shanghai, China.Dorianne Cotter-Lockard holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University, an M.B.A. from New York University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. Her research involves team collaboration, leadership, coaching, and music education.

The text is written in a calmly authoritative and good-natured style, and is suited to reading in order, in its entirety.

• Foreword by Peter SalaffPrefaceHow to Use This BookAbout the Companion WebsiteAcknowledgementsIntroduction Part I: Collaboration Basics to Build Your TeamChapter 1: Our Rehearsal & Teaching PhilosophyChapter 2: Working Well Together Part II: Rehearsal Preparation and ProcessChapter 3: Individual PreparationChapter 4: Score StudyChapter 5: Rehearsal Playbook Part III: Inspiration and InterpretationChapter 6: Exploring CharacterChapter 7: Exploring the Composer's World Part IV: Techniques for Productive RehearsalsChapter 8: Techniques for Cueing & Breathing TogetherChapter 9: Techniques for Rhythmic Alignment & EnsembleChapter 10: Techniques for IntonationChapter 11: Techniques for Sound ProductionChapter 12: Techniques for Projecting ExpressionChapter 13: Techniques for Strategic Listening & Balancing VoicesChapter 14: The Capstone Technique: Live, Breathe, and Die (LBAD) NotesAppendicesBibliographyIndex

Annie Fullard, violinist and founding member of the Cavani String Quartet, serves as Director of Chamber Music and Sidney M Friedberg Chair at The Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University, as well as Distinguished Artist and Chair of Chamber Music at The Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University. Her performance and teaching career includes innovative chamber music residency work in all fifty states and abroad, including the Juilliard Summer Arts Program in Shanghai, China.Dorianne Cotter-Lockard holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University, an M.B.A. from New York University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. Her research involves team collaboration, leadership, coaching, and music education.

The text is written in a calmly authoritative and good-natured style, and is suited to reading in order, in its entirety.

• Foreword by Peter SalaffPrefaceHow to Use This BookAbout the Companion WebsiteAcknowledgementsIntroduction Part I: Collaboration Basics to Build Your TeamChapter 1: Our Rehearsal & Teaching PhilosophyChapter 2: Working Well Together Part II: Rehearsal Preparation and ProcessChapter 3: Individual PreparationChapter 4: Score StudyChapter 5: Rehearsal Playbook Part III: Inspiration and InterpretationChapter 6: Exploring CharacterChapter 7: Exploring the Composer's World Part IV: Techniques for Productive RehearsalsChapter 8: Techniques for Cueing & Breathing TogetherChapter 9: Techniques for Rhythmic Alignment & EnsembleChapter 10: Techniques for IntonationChapter 11: Techniques for Sound ProductionChapter 12: Techniques for Projecting ExpressionChapter 13: Techniques for Strategic Listening & Balancing VoicesChapter 14: The Capstone Technique: Live, Breathe, and Die (LBAD) NotesAppendicesBibliographyIndex

Annie Fullard, violinist and founding member of the Cavani String Quartet, serves as Director of Chamber Music and Sidney M Friedberg Chair at The Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University, as well as Distinguished Artist and Chair of Chamber Music at The Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University. Her performance and teaching career includes innovative chamber music residency work in all fifty states and abroad, including the Juilliard Summer Arts Program in Shanghai, China.Dorianne Cotter-Lockard holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems from Fielding Graduate University, an M.B.A. from New York University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. Her research involves team collaboration, leadership, coaching, and music education.

The text is written in a calmly authoritative and good-natured style, and is suited to reading in order, in its entirety.

• Foreword by Peter SalaffPrefaceHow to Use This BookAbout the Companion WebsiteAcknowledgementsIntroduction Part I: Collaboration Basics to Build Your TeamChapter 1: Our Rehearsal & Teaching PhilosophyChapter 2: Working Well Together Part II: Rehearsal Preparation and ProcessChapter 3: Individual PreparationChapter 4: Score StudyChapter 5: Rehearsal Playbook Part III: Inspiration and InterpretationChapter 6: Exploring CharacterChapter 7: Exploring the Composer's World Part IV: Techniques for Productive RehearsalsChapter 8: Techniques for Cueing & Breathing TogetherChapter 9: Techniques for Rhythmic Alignment & EnsembleChapter 10: Techniques for IntonationChapter 11: Techniques for Sound ProductionChapter 12: Techniques for Projecting ExpressionChapter 13: Techniques for Strategic Listening & Balancing VoicesChapter 14: The Capstone Technique: Live, Breathe, and Die (LBAD) NotesAppendicesBibliographyIndex