The Musician's Trust - Jordan, James (Gia Publications, 2013)
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Prologue: Writing from Two Sides; Prologue: Connection and Trust; Preface; Introduction: James Jordan; Introduction: James Whitbourn; Part One: Philosophical Necessities; Chapter 1: James Jordan -- The Beginning; The Event; Chapter 2: James Whitbourn -- A Musician's Understanding of Trust; Chapter 3: James Jordan -- The work Before the Work; Wearing the Disguise of Technique; The Woodcarver from Thomas Merton; Chapter 4: James Jordan -- Finding a Deeper Meaning: Growing Downward, Deepening First
Chapter 5: James Jordan -- Trust as an Internal Mechanism: Trust and Truth as Synonyms?Inner Meaning? A Vanishing Art?; Chapter 6: James Jordan -- The Foundation of Trust: Humility and Artistic Voice; A Phone Call; The Sheehan Essay Revisited: Becoming Musicalized; Chapter 7: James Jordan -- What Does Trust Sound Like?; Qualities of the Sound Beneath the Surface; Chapter 8: James Jordan -- The Silence Between Phrases: Exploring a Re-Languaged Rehearsal; Chapter 9: James Jordan -- Non-Verbal Embodying of Mistrust; Unconscious Mistrust; How Gesture Reflects Shadow Movement; The Rebound
Weight Can Reflect an Inherent and Deep-Seated MistrustBreath Carries Opinion; The Space Between Phrases; Part Two: Preparing for Performance; Chapter 10: James Whitbourn -- Trusting the Composer; Chapter 11: James Whitbourn -- Trusting Your Own Judgment; Chapter 12: James Whitbourn -- Trusting the Conductor; Part Three: In Performance; Chapter 13: James Whitbourn -- Trusting Your Own Technique; Chapter 14: James Whitbourn -- Trusting Each Other; Chapter 15: James Whitbourn -- Trusting the Audience; Chapter 16: James Whitbourn -- The Conductor's Trust of the Musicians
Part Four: The Importance of the SelfChapter 17: James Jordan -- It Is About Giving; Giving Through a Certain Stillness; Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale: The Way of Beauty and Stillness Essay by Donald Sheehan; Chapter 18: James Jordan -- The Empowerment of Self: Community Deeply Embedded Within Ensemble; The Singing City Experience; The Excavation: A Many-Faceted Journey; The Communicative Trusting "Glance"-A Certain Dignity; Chapter 19: James Jordan -- Toward an Understanding of Mutuality: Avoiding Mismeeting
Understanding Meeting and the Depth of True Mutuality: The Essence of Teaching and RehearsingEpilogue: James Whitbourn; Bibliography; About the Authors