A METHOD CALLED LOVE

Wissam’s approach to life, performing and teaching has become known as his Method Called Love. He has given workshops and classes under this title in many countries and it also forms the basis of is approach to working with orchestras.

The Method Called Love pinpoints the source that allows musicians to harness their potential and perform in an inspired way – consistently, creating a deep bond between the player and their instrument, while establishing a natural technique that flows out of the body.

Non-Competitive

Wissam's teaching is highly intense, yet essentially non-competitive. He helps students create attitudes that inspire them to explore and develop their individual talent and potential, leading to increased creativity and confidence in in life and performance.

Performance Skills

His classes offer individuals the opportunity to define the role of the 'performing musician' for themselves, leading to a deeper understanding of the challenges of building a career and of successfully communicating with audiences.

Memory

Wissam is a keen advocate of performing the solo, recital and concerto repertoire from memory, as a means to internalising and communicating music deeply. Memory also serves as a solid foundation for solving many technical issues. Wissam's vivid and inspiring descriptions have empowered many young flutists to adopt memorisation as their ‘minimum personal standard’.

Improvisation

Improvisation emerges as a pivotal discipline for the classically trained musician to embrace. Improvisation is used as a method of practice leading to an individual voice, natural technique and deeper understanding of breathing, rhythm, phrasing, colour, freedom of expression and flexibility in music-making.

Breathing

The ability to breathe in harmony with our bodies, life and music is of fundamental importance; after all, it is the breath that gives birth to the sound. Wissam uses simple and natural ways to discover this, always using real life analogies to create vivid concepts to inspire the student.

Technique through Inventiveness

Wherever possible, Wissam encourages students to invent their own exercises for achieving their aims through improvisations, rather than relying on past masters and their ideas. Creative thinking, whether in a musical or technical context, is about learning to ask the right questions and listening/trusting the inner voice in order to create a deeply personal relationship with the instrument.

Career Advice

Discussing short/mid/long-term aims is important. Wissam is always happy to brainstorm with flutists wanting feedback, which often leads to a clearer sense of motivation, direction and structure in the student.

Budgets/proposals

Wissam is also happy to give advice regarding the process of putting together projects (one-off events, touring, recordings, humanitarian work etc).