Melissa Howe : What Music Teaches You

In the second of a series of videos to feature Berklee faculty and administrators talking about the value of a music education, String Department chair Melissa Howe discusses how students break the classical mold to learn the skill of improvisation and envision the music of tomorrow. Preparing yourself to make great music is hard work, but Berklee students have fun with it.

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I love your philosophy -- yes improvisation is so vital in getting out of the thinking mode, and IN to the flow mode. It is so freeing when you can just allow inspiration and joy to flow through your instrument without the limits of perfectionism or self-judgement. Cheers, Beth Lawrence, AllAboutVoice.com