[TPIN] Private Lesson Questions

[Eric Bolvin]

>> One thing that's important at this age (and all ages) is that you are
>> instilling a love of music in the student. I think this is just as
>> important as teaching the horn or music.
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> How on earth do you do that?

One way is to love music yourself and outwardly show it. Having genuine 
excitement about playing and teaching
is important. Believing in your students helps also. No, you can't make 
someone love music, but you can open the door for them to.

Eb

Eric Bolvin
The Really Big Student Songbook
The Arban Manual
www.BolvinMusic.com
www.myspace.com/ericbolvin
408.236.2009

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> I am a former PS music teacher, and still have a few
> private students. Teaching music is not a process of
> brain-washing kids into loving music. I love music,
> I hope my students pick up on that. But I am not responsible
> for their loving music. The fact that I love music
> is not a result of anyone's teaching. It was just there.
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> Let me generalize that. A teacher is not responsible
> for a student loving music. There is nothing you can do
> to make them "love music". Somewhere along the line
> something with in a kid resonates (or not) with your
> teaching, or better yet ... music iteself.
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> To paraphrase a biblical parable, as teacher's
> we plant seed, (sometimes germinates, sometimes not),
> we nurture and cultivate (sometimes with fruit, often without).
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> Sometimes it depends on the seed ending up in good soil.
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> ... to get back to the original question, I have on
> occaision dropped students from my studio rather than
> continuing to flog a dead horse. (how's that for mixing metaphors?)
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> -Ellis, no DMA
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