Thanks..... and agreed- the essential reason why we all work here comes down to education. d. _____ On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 1:43 PM, <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote: > I'm not quite sure which 'title' you are referring to, the subject line of > my post (a play on the title of Ed McMorrow's book, "The Well-Educated > Piano"), or the actual title of the workshop, "Ten Things Every Pianist > Should Know About Pianos." Nobody had any issue whatsoever with the later. > In fact, I did this workshop at the request of the principal piano > instructor, who enthusiastically advocated to make this happen and > personally attended for the second or third time, gleefully declaring to her > students that more of these details stick every time she hears them. I do > start out by stating that pianists as a group are more ignorant about their > instrument than players of any other instrument. This is not to degrade but > to help answer the question I pose to the students at the get-go, "Why > bother learning about your instrument?" Here at CalArts, the notion that we > are breaking with (and thereby correcting, in this case) a bad tradition is > looked upon very favorably. > What measure of your take on your own situation is paranoia and what > portion is real? Hard to say. Hey, my children don't like it when I "make" > them do things that they didn't used to have to do, or that their friends > don't have to do. So what? I know that it is for their own good, so I do > it anyway (lovingly, of course!). > > Alan Eder > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Johnson <johnsond at stolaf.edu> > To: caut at ptg.org > Sent: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 9:02 am > Subject: Re: [CAUT] The Well-Educated Pianist > > Hi- > > I would be interested to know if you felt any awkwardness from the facutly > regarding this title. I suggested such a class borrowing the exact same > title, and immediately got a cool reception when we had already agreed on > the merits of doing something. My read was that the somehow the title made > faculty feel uncomfortable. Personally, I think it's spot on. I don't > think I was reading too much into it, but maybe. > Glad to hear it went well and thanks for keeping us posted. > > cheers, > > Dennis Johnson > > __________ > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:35 AM, <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote: > >> Greetings List, >> Last night I was the "entertainment" for the weekly piano colloquium >> here at CalArts. I did a super-condensed version of "Ten Things Every >> Pianist Should Know About Pianos" (which is really EVERYTHING pianists >> should know, presented shotgun style and organized under ten very broad >> sub-headings). I've posted about his before. What I want to share with you >> now is that there was only one student who knew anything about the subject >> at all, and he learned it is a class required for piano majors, even >> undergrads, at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Kudos to Eric >> for the excellent job he is doing with that class. In fact, the pianist >> from CCM happened to win the door prize, but deferred it to another student >> because he already had a copy of Larry Fine's "The Piano Book," purchased as >> a text for our esteemed colleague's class. Well done, sir! >> >> Alan Eder >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091006/a0409437/attachment.htm>
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