Practice Progression: Learn, Constrain, Then Improvise

This is an interview with Christian Howes (https://christianhowes.com/). He is a renowned violinist, educator, and entrepreneur. He's a classically trained musician who has attained prominence as a jazz improviser. Chris has developed a systematic and comprehensive approach to teaching improvisation, empowering musicians of all levels to unlock their innate musical creativity. He integrates insights from meditation and yoga into his pedagogy, adding a unique dimension to the learning process.

This interview includes an overview of Chris' methodology for learning to improvise, a demonstration of how he integrates meditation into his approach, and background on how he developed his philosophy and what effect it has had on musicians.

The musical interlude features a fragment from this presentation by Dr. Susan Rowland: • Jungian Arts-Base... The music was composed and performed by Bradley Vines.