<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] CAUT credential vs. academic program?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> On 10/27/07 12:34 PM, "Ed  Sutton" <ed440@mindspring.com> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>FSU is offering a Masters of Music in Piano Technology.  I believe the program is intended to train people to work in a university, i.e. as "academically credentialed CAUTs".   How does the proposed CAUT credential compare to that curriculum?  Will PTG be competing with an accredited program? Ed S. </BLOCKQUOTE> Hi Ed,     I believe Ann Garee at FSU is set up to train a maximum of two masters candidates in piano technology per year, or maybe it is two students enrolled and one degree per year. A drop in the bucket, though a welcome drop.     At any rate, it is unlikely that she would consider what we a proposing as “competition.” She was very supportive of the caut endorsement concept when I spoke to her about it this past summer. There can be no question that a two year hands-on program with a mentor in a real life music department is far beyond anything we in PTG can produce in terms of training opportunities.   Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico </BODY> </HTML>