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• 1 media/temianka-publicity_0168(2).jpg 2022-03-14T16:26:14+00:00 A Musical Way of Life 35 image_header 2022-05-02T17:48:31+00:00 While Temianka's lectures echo earlier conceptions of the lecture-recital, he also managed to create his own distinct educational voice by blending the philosophies of musicians who came before him, all while embracing new technologies and incorporating his own experiences into his lessons.

  Performance Lectures Today

  Since Temianka's passing in 1992, lecture-recitals, concert introductions and performance commentaries have become significantly more popular and accepted in the public sphere.
  
  Technology has continued to embrace and metamorphize music commentary, much like Temianka wished to do in his time. Music podcasts, concert livestreams, digital music forums and streaming shows have all provided the opportunity for everyday listeners to dive deeper into music appreciation.
  
  In some ways, it's harder today to avoid lecture-recitals, performance commentaries or music analyses than it is to find them.

  Temianka's Unique Style

  Just as Temianka articulated to his audiences that composers and their own creations were a product of their time, it could also be said that his  lectures are uniquely the product of his own life, from performing as a soloist to conducting symphonies at Royce Hall.
  
  Most strikingly, Temianka's holistic lecture style broke new ground when it portrayed a conductor's own personal thoughts and experiences as valid aspects of musical commentary and discourse. Temianka saw his relationship with the music he performed and lectured about as inseparable from himself. To not discuss his thoughts on the piece, or how he came to understand the work, would be to ignore a large aspect of how a performer approaches their work.
  
  For Temianka, this more personal approach to performance lectures affirmed that music is indeed a way of life.

  Discussion Questions:

  How do you think you can embody a musical way of life?