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Teacher to beTeaching: A short summary is that I have found my calling in life.From Curtis Goolsby Having recently begun to teach and finding it to be the most enjoyable activity in life. Assuming I am good enough to be in any studio in the US (huge assumption.) Who would be the ideal teacher in your opinion (and why) to guide me in my endeavors to be a studio teacher. I do not really desire to teach in a school or group setting but more individually. Teaching in a studio would allow me to have a great (hopefully positive) impact on individuals.
From Bill Busen
Posted on November 2, 2009 at 05:38 AM Since modeling yourself on this gold-standard teacher is implied, here is an interesting pair of questions that will be useful even if you cannot get into any arbitrary studio in the USA. What are the teaching strengths of your present professor? How should you balance that in grad school? If I personally were in the position you posit, I would study with Lipsett or Sassmanshaus. I would also do a personal lifelong study of the topic of Practicing. (Wait, I already do...) Why this is so little taught is a great mystery to me. From Robert Spear
Posted on November 4, 2009 at 12:24 AM I don't know that anyone can teach a person how to teach. I have always felt that the best teachers are born. If you feel the call, perhaps this describes you. If you like communications one-on-one, if you take joy in another's progress, if you have a kind disposition and infinite patience, there's no higher or more rewarding calling than teaching. The technical mastery of your instrument can be taught. If someone can teach it to you, you can certainly teach it to others. The indefinable aspects of a good teacher gives you a big head start on good teaching. Best of luck in on your life's path. Make your students feel lucky. :-) From Curtis Goolsby
Posted on November 6, 2009 at 03:11 AM Awesome thanks for the suggestions. I've watched all of Sassmanshaus' videos and eat up all the master classes I can on youtube. Currently I am reading The art of Violin Playing by Flesch. I've also read some suzuki literature because of my own personal background.
Can either of you suggest some more books and or websites to view more teachers and/or read more?
Who is Lipsett? From my research he is at USC. Great teacher and cocky as I am.... I doubt I'm up to his studios caliber. Ah well Perhaps graduate school :) I'm interested in your lifelong study of practicing. Personally I have my own methods but as to making a study of it could you perhaps go into further detail?
Thanks bunches, Curtis Goolsby From Jenna Potts
Posted on November 6, 2009 at 04:11 AM Curtis, I would highly recommend Valerie Bobbett Gardner at http://www.violinvirtuosity.com/. I'll grant that the website itself is a little on the tacky side, but her teaching and her pedagogy training is unequal to anything I have seen elsewhere. Her main thrust is "rebuilding" struggling players, but she has also built students from the beginning. She rebuilt me 3 years ago, and saved my career from its seemingly inevitable termination. Jenna From Curtis Goolsby
Posted on November 9, 2009 at 03:05 AM Yes I agree tacky but seems for better or worse a lot like me. I'll look into it
Thanks Curtis From Danielle Gomez
Posted on November 10, 2009 at 09:46 PM The best possible way to learn how to teach is just trial and error. You're going to have to have some successes and failures and learn from them. No two people have the exact same teaching style and activities that work for one person may not work for you. |
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