The Horn Call Podcast

Episode 8: Jeffrey Agrell

Listen Later

In Episode 8, I sit down with Professor Jeffrey Agrell from the University of Iowa. Jeff is one of the most creative people I know, and he has brilliant ideas on improvisation, music education, and much more!

Episode Highlights

  • Why “limitations are a creative person’s best friend.”
  • Limitations force us to discover something new.
  • We are hardwired to not like change
  • Serial duets “I go, you go.”
  • We need aural training on our instrument(s).
  • Benefits of playing without notation.
  • Improv games
  • How improvisation “ties it all together.”
  • Recommended book: Cut the Knot, Alexander Bogomolny
  • Looking at “mistakes” in a different way
  • We are all born creative.
  • One of Jeff's many books, Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians
  • Another recommended book: Thinker Toys, Michael Michalko
  • SCAMPER: Substitute/Combine/Adapt/Modify(Also Magnify and Minify)/Put to another use/Eliminate/Retrograde
  • Shout out to Ricardo Matosinhos!
  • Why deadlines are really good.
  • You are not alone.
    • ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    The Horn Call PodcastBy hornsociety
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5

    5

    14 ratings

    More shows like The Horn Call Podcast

    View all
    This American Life by This American Life

    This American Life

    91,297 Listeners

    The Ramsey Show by Ramsey Network

    The Ramsey Show

    39,228 Listeners

    The Daily by The New York Times

    The Daily

    113,121 Listeners

    Up First from NPR by NPR

    Up First from NPR

    56,944 Listeners

    Radio Atlantic by The Atlantic

    Radio Atlantic

    2,380 Listeners

    The Bulletproof Musician by Noa Kageyama

    The Bulletproof Musician

    160 Listeners

    Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out by Mike Birbiglia

    Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out

    4,661 Listeners