The heavy use throughout the day of our one and only recital hall precludes excessive use for concert preparation. Our performance pianos are locked and, although I don't control the hall, I do control access to the pianos themselves (for the most part, that is). While there is no policy per se, I don't grant access if I detect that it is for practice, as opposed to actual preparation for a concert that is about to happen. That said, just today I found out that someone has been practicing in our recording studio (!!). Now I have to plot how to bring an end to that... Alan Eder CalArts -----Original Message----- From: Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> To: caut at ptg.org <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 4:01 pm Subject: [CAUT] Practicing on concert hall pianos piano All, I know we have had this on the list before, but what policy do you have concerning students practicing on concert hall instruments? Here is ours; - Students are allowed only one rehearsal prior to their recital, and then only if time/schedule allows. - Students cannot practice w/o their teacher being present. Does this sound unreasonable? Does excessive practicing wear out the piano, or make it more difficult to keep in the best condition? Mind you, we have had up to 19 concerts in one week. What would you consider excessive, considering the rigorous concert schedule that the pianos must already endure? Thank you! Sincerely, Jim Busby BYU P.S. You can guess why I’m writing. We’re being pressed to allow students to play more than our “policy” allows. Please do let me quote your short, to the point comments, as well as your policies to our piano faculty. You may quote me on the above. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090223/424a7455/attachment.html>
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