Based on my experience and education background, it is a misconception that having (or pursuing) a music degree gives one a better understanding of music and musicians, nor does it mean one can or cannot play. The collegiate system of earning academic credit hours is a grossly inefficient method of teaching music. Ask those folks who wrote that music Mr. Schnabel was speaking of where they got their music degrees. Pursuing a music degree can help those who are inclined, but at the same time the collegiate system may be also guilty of holding them back. Jeff Tanner --- On Tue, 8/10/10, Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca> wrote: > From: Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] U. of Northern Iowa position > To: caut at ptg.org > Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 5:08 AM > Hi Tanner, > > That is nothing--except good taste and a better > understanding of music and > musicians. I do not say you can not be a wonderful > technician/tuner if you > do not play--but it surely helps. > > At 06:27 AM 8/10/2010 -0700, you wrote: > >I'm always baffled as to why they would require a > bachelors degree in > music. Nothing learned in the curriculum of a music degree > prepares you for > the responsibilities of a piano technician. An appreciation > and ear for > music is all that is ever required. Inventory management, > record keeping, > manual dexterity, acknowledgement of physics and > engineering, and common > sense are not taught in the music department. > > > >(and, yes, I do see that they have somehow justified > that an associates > degree and 3 years experience as a professional tech, or > high school and 6 > years experience may be substituted. But where is the logic > in that? > Doesn't this logic somehow suggest that the music degree > substitutes for > experience as a professional piano technician?) > > > >As for the 1/2 time position, they probably need a full > time person or two. > > > >Tanner > Regards, > Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. > Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat > > mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com > http://www.donrose.ca/ > > 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 > 306-539-0716 >
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