[CAUT] The Well-Educated Pianist

[Dennis Johnson]

Hi-

I would be interested to know if you felt any awkwardness from the facutly
regarding this title.  I suggested such a class borrowing the exact same
title, and immediately got a cool reception when we had already agreed on
the merits of doing something.  My read was that the somehow the title made
faculty feel uncomfortable.  Personally, I think it's spot on.  I don't
think I was reading too much into it, but maybe.
Glad to hear it went well and thanks for keeping us posted.

cheers,

Dennis Johnson

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On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:35 AM, <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote:

> Greetings List,
>  Last night I was the "entertainment" for the weekly piano colloquium here
> at CalArts.  I did a super-condensed version of "Ten Things Every Pianist
> Should Know About Pianos" (which is really EVERYTHING pianists should know,
> presented shotgun style and organized under ten very broad sub-headings).
>  I've posted about his before.  What I want to share with you now is that
> there was only one student who knew anything about the subject at all, and
> he learned it is a class required for piano majors, even undergrads, at the
> Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.  Kudos to Eric for the excellent
> job he is doing with that class.  In fact, the pianist from CCM happened to
> win the door prize, but deferred it to another student because he already
> had a copy of Larry Fine's "The Piano Book," purchased as a text for our
> esteemed colleague's class.  Well done, sir!
>
>  Alan Eder
>
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