[CAUT] U. of Northern Iowa position

[tannertuner]

Based on my experience and education background, it is a misconception that having (or pursuing) a music degree gives one a better understanding of music and musicians, nor does it mean one can or cannot play. The collegiate system of earning academic credit hours is a grossly inefficient method of teaching music. Ask those folks who wrote that music Mr. Schnabel was speaking of where they got their music degrees.

Pursuing a music degree can help those who are inclined, but at the same time the collegiate system may be also guilty of holding them back.

Jeff Tanner


--- On Tue, 8/10/10, Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca> wrote:

> From: Don <pianotuna at accesscomm.ca>
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] U. of Northern Iowa position
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 5:08 AM
> Hi Tanner,
> 
> That is nothing--except good taste and a better
> understanding of music and
> musicians. I do not say you can not be a wonderful
> technician/tuner if you
> do not play--but it surely helps.
> 
> At 06:27 AM 8/10/2010 -0700, you wrote:
> >I'm always baffled as to why they would require a
> bachelors degree in
> music. Nothing learned in the curriculum of a music degree
> prepares you for
> the responsibilities of a piano technician. An appreciation
> and ear for
> music is all that is ever required. Inventory management,
> record keeping,
> manual dexterity, acknowledgement of physics and
> engineering, and common
> sense are not taught in the music department.
> >
> >(and, yes, I do see that they have somehow justified
> that an associates
> degree and 3 years experience as a professional tech, or
> high school and 6
> years experience may be substituted. But where is the logic
> in that?
> Doesn't this logic somehow suggest that the music degree
> substitutes for
> experience as a professional piano technician?)
> >
> >As for the 1/2 time position, they probably need a full
> time person or two.
> >
> >Tanner
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
> Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat
> 
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