<div>Well, at the University of Houston they are. It's part of their degree plan. Piano majors HAVE to accompany a certain amount of hours for their degree. There's even a course taught by a piano prof. to do that!!!!!! </div> <div> </div> <div>Avery Todd<br><br></div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 20, 2008 7:30 AM, pbmosley <<a href="mailto:mosley@classicnet.net">mosley@classicnet.net</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I have gone past the keyboard vs. piano argument.  I don't see kids playing at a very high level, they are not accompanying in high school or churches anymore.  They are coming into college without having accompanied and are not acquiring those skills.  I was in a university with a board covered with accompanying jobs for high schools and churches, they are not teaching any students to accompany, and most new teachers now do not play well enough to accompany.  Bottom line is fewer people know how to use the keys, it is going to go away as a common input device for music.  Keyboards are there own demise, they are cheap and disposable, and they will be disposed with no real skills acquired.  Karaoke here we come, in most schools and churches we are already there. </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">What do people do with large machines they really don't know anything about?</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Phil</font></div></div></blockquote></div><br>