Archive for January 26th, 2010

The Real Lessons from Music Teachers

0 Comments Published by David Motto January 26th, 2010 in Music Lessons

Music lessons offer more to music students than just facts about how to play a musical instrument.  Through interaction with music teachers (sometimes for many years at a time), students learn life lessons, get advice on education and careers, and absorb information about musicians’ lifestyles. A blog post on yesterday’s New York Times website by composer Michael Gordon [...]

What a player does best, he should practice least. Practice is for problems.
--Duke Snider