UC San Diego

Futuring: A Performer’s Praxis seeks to connect the actions of the practice room with the world outside of those four walls. Through exploring a praxis-based approach to performance, that is one with a primary focus of the work-in-action (rather than work-product) of play and the activities of the practice room for its own merit rather than for its means-to-an-end instrumentality. Fiona Digney posits a praxis that connects musical interpretation to Gadamer’s play and Fry’s model of futuring. Rather than a methodology or instruction manual, Digney proposes an approach to musical practice that has the potential to be applied to the wider contexts in which the musician exists.