At 10:55 AM 2/4/03 -0800, you wrote:
He eventually yelled at
me and threw me out for good when he found out that I was playing
traditional music.
That just makes me cringe! I can't stand teachers like that. Actually,
no, I change that. I appreciate teachers like that, because those
I have a teaching and repetoire-related question ..
I teach both piano at all levels, and violin at the beginner level (Kate D,
my all-time most favourite teacher- yes, you're allowed to laugh - and
cringe - at the latter !! :-) ) The parents of one of my very young, very
beginner fiddle students
I've said this before, but I believe that being a good teacher and
being
a good player are two entirely different skills.
Toby
Yes. And I wish the vast majority of festival/school organisers would
pay
attention to this fact. Brilliant musician does not necessarily mean
brilliant
