Hello Cautlisters, My name is Christa Andrepont. I am 25 and currently a second year (College Prep and Institutional Management) student at the Chicago School Piano Technology. I have also been working with Ben Gac at Wheaton College and have plans to work with other technicians at other venues. I think there will be enough young technicians to go around. We are here and very dedicated!!! Cheers, *Christa Andrepont* Andrepont Piano Service Chicago, IL (225) 773-8011 On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Garee, Anne E. <agaree at admin.fsu.edu>wrote: > Susan and colleagues, > > I’d like to echo Debbie Cyr by saying that young people are entering our > profession. Our program here at Florida State University has graduates in > their twenties and thirties who not only look forward to long and successful > careers but are well aware of their responsibility to pass it on when > mentoring opportunities arise. Because our graduates come to the program > with certificates in piano technology from a residence program and then > spend two years here in one of the largest and most comprehensive music > schools in the country, they leave with accelerated experience that I wish > I had had coming into the field thirty years ago. As Debbie stated, “The > young ones are coming” and they are savvy, energetic, and poised to take the > positions! > > > > Anne Garee– age 51 and at some point will hand off this program to perhaps > a graduate? > > > > Anne Garee, Program Director for Piano Technology > > Florida State University College of Music > > 122 N. Copeland Street > > Tallahassee, FL 32304-1180 > > 850-645-7873 > > agaree at fsu.edu > > http://www.music.fsu.edu/Areas-of-Study/Piano-Technology > > http://www.music.fsu.edu/Areas-of-Study/Piano-Technology/Video-Documentary > > > > > > *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of * > DCyr141833 at aol.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:47 PM > > *To:* caut at ptg.org > *Subject:* Re: [CAUT] pin drop > > > > Susan, and all...... > > > > We've got young tuners at NBSS!!! A quick, off the top of my head count, > says that over the past 6 years we've had 53 students graduate under the age > of 30, and 31 over the age of 30. And if I look at just the past 4 years, > including this years' class, 38 are under 30 and 16 are over 30 at > graduation. Our classes recently are definitely getting younger, and also > come with more music background.... as in - graduated with some sort of > music degree, and decided they needed to have some way to "support their > music habit". :-) We've even been getting a surprising amount right out > of high school. Each class recently, we have had up to 4 students who were > not of legal drinking age yet! > > The young ones are coming..... let us know if you need a good young tuner > in your area! > > > > Debbie Cyr - not so young at 54, but not planning on retiring anytime soon! > Registered Piano Technician > North Bennet Street School > > 508-202-2862 cell > > > > In a message dated 10/28/2009 5:01:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > skline at peak.org writes: > > Hi, Dave > > It's only confession time for people who feel like it, I'm sure. > > Hope you'll enjoy your new-found and well-earned leisure. > > I think that one problem faced by the profession over the next > decade or two is the idea that for the full-time positions, people > either do the whole thing, or they do nothing (retire completely.) > If we face a shortage of young people training up and getting > the experience they need to handle concert work, wouldn't it make > more sense to split the positions, letting today's full-time > people partially retire but do some concerts, while acting as coaches > to their younger replacements? (if any can be found ...) > > I look around and don't see young tuners -- maybe it's just my > particular area? I put some of the blame on the student loans > (might better be called indentured servitude!) which leave bright > young people with a brand new diploma and a six-figure debt. Talk > about limiting their options! I suspect that all the non-traditional > interesting artisan-type jobs are suffering from an absence of > the young people who normally would be attracted to them, but now > have to service debt as far as the eye can see. > > It was a dirty trick to pull on the young folks, mortgaging their > futures while giving lots of profit and perks to big banks. > > On the other hand, a lot of those highly indebted young people > now graduating look around for jobs good enough to service that > debt, and come up empty. I could see a lot of those loans going > bad, and after going through bankruptcy, the young people might > then have a chance to explore and invent unusual occupations, in > their own time and their own ways. Maybe some will be piano techs > some day. > > Just MHO ... > > Susan Kline > > >So it's confession time huh? I'm retiring from a full time position > >at SMU on February 1, 2010. The job has not been posted yet, but > >will be soon (it takes a while for HR to jump through the legal > >hoops they need to jump.) It is a great position working with some > >great musicians who are also great human beings. It's just time to > >slow it down for me. > > > >dave (70) > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091029/35e77aae/attachment-0001.htm>
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