performance piano - student psychopathology 101

[Fred Sturm]

	I am also lucky in that our major piano prof tells his students "It's 
never the piano's fault," emphasizing that it's up to them to adapt. He's 
demanding, but not finicky (in marked contrast to another piano faculty 
member who apparently can never be pleased. Or maybe I just haven't felt it 
worth my while to spend the time and psychological effort to create the 
aura of satisfaction - I suspect it's mostly a matter of the need to be 
coddled more than actual complaints about the piano - nourishing the hope 
that mid-tenure review will take care of that problem for me. If not, well, 
I'll gird my loins and see what can be done ;-)
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico

--On Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:41 AM -0700 Susan Kline 
<skline@peak.org> wrote:

> At 12:25 PM 9/17/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>> It is sometimes difficult to inform them in a tactful manner that
>> perhaps  this is a problem of perception, especially the gale force of
>> opinion is  blowing unchecked in the opposite direction.
>
> What would help the most is to have at least one of the more important
> teachers telling them frequently that they will meet all kinds of pianos
> in their careers, and they must learn to play well on almost anything.
>
> Luckily, my college has such a person. Psychology is really good. Of
> course, it's better if the pianos are pretty good as well.
>
> Susan Kline
> Linfield College
>
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