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Mannfried Funk
Cello
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| Seattle, WA |
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| Quick Resume: Learn the techniques that great performers use in performance and practice. I will teach you how to practice efficiently, saving time and avoiding excessive repetition and redundancy. I will teach you body mechanics that give fluid and effortless facility around the instrument. In teaching these techniques, I also value the broad differences in how people learn as well as how the cello fits into my student’s lives then work according to what is best for the individual. My students find my lessons both fun and productive.
I started at the SF Conservatory at the age of 5 and trained with some of the world’s most renowned teachers. Besides holding a BA and MA in performance, I also have a BA in education and offer proven methods unavailable elsewhere in Seattle. (Extended biography below)
My Lessons:
In my lessons, all the advice I give is supported by thorough explanations based on principles that are indisputable. My students learn the why and are not left with empty rules on technique. Understanding is essential after all! I believe that for the student to be given the best opportunity to develop musically, nothing can be left in question. My ultimate goal is to teach my students to be their own teacher. I teach both the how and why while inviting my students to question and scrutinize everything including what I teach.
Through my instruction, my students develop a fluid cello technique with complete understanding of the natural physical relationship to the instrument. I offer a technical approach that minimizes muscular force and emphasizes movement through directed shifting of natural weights and balances. My students learn to play the cello with physical ease as they approach more challenging music. Integrated into the lessons are revelations as to the best approach towards productive practice. My approach is from the inside out and guides the student through their internal realization and awareness. Memorization, intonation, and problem solving becomes a matter of course when one learns proper techniques of the mind as they relate to the cello and music.
I am a patient and caring teacher and my studio attracts a complete spectrum of students from young to old and amateur to professional. I value the student’s individual needs and personal goals with the instrument. For those who wish to earn college credits, my lessons are also available through Shoreline and North Seattle Community Colleges.
Brief Bio:
Cellist Mannfried Funk started the cello at the age of five at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and studied with Margaret Rowell, Barton Frank, Paul Olefsky, Ramy Shevelov and Zara Nelsova. He has won a number of solo competitions including the prestigious Pacific Musical Society award at age 11, the California cello club award, the Alameda music teachers award and, locally the Don Bushell Competition. Mr. Funk came to Seattle as a member of the Seattle Symphony, Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Seattle Opera where he was a member until 1982. Currently he has been active as a soloist, teacher and recording cellist for the movie industry. He has performed in the United States, Europe, Japan, South America, Middle East and former Soviet Union. He has also held various Principal Cello positions and was on the U.S. tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Music of the Night". Prior to arriving to Seattle he was Principal and Coprincipal Cello of several orchestras in South America and Coprincipal Cellist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute. An active chamber musician, his ensemble, the Pacific Chamber Group, played for Boris Yeltsin on his visit to Seattle, for the Secretary of State at the Russian-American International Trade Convention and in the "Out to Lunch" concert series presented by the Seattle Downtown Association at One Union Square. The Pacific Chamber Group also toured Japan in 1996 and later was invited to be the Artists in Residence ensemble in the establishment of the performing arts center, Ascension Arts, located in Magnolia. More recently, in the 2003 / 2004 season of the East Side Symphony, Mr. Funk was a featured soloist and returned by invitation for their 2004 / 2005 Season. Recently he has been heard playing in the Friesen Art Gallery, at the center of Contemporary art (CoCA), at the Museum of Mystery giving a solo Bach recital, for the Cancer Life Line Convention at the Seattle Convention Center, at the Winston Wächter fine Art Gallery, at Isabel's Fashion Gallery and on the Royal Argosy Cruise.
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