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March 2010; Vol. 2, No. 2
March 2010: Winds of Change
I recall that in my undergraduate years, eons ago, the concert piano received a tuning before every senior recital. The tuning often occurred within the hour or…
March 2010; Vol. 2, No. 2
My life as a job applicant
One pianist’s quest to obtain the elusive faculty position I found that the most difficult part of entering the academic job market was getting started in…
March 2010; Vol. 2, No. 2
An interview with Nelita True
Nelita True made her debut at age seventeen with the Chicago Symphony in Orchestra Hall; her New York debut was with the Juilliard Orchestra in Avery…
March 2010; Vol. 2, No. 2
I’ve got a classic case of the blues
The sounds of jazz have always fascinated classical musicians. In the earliest years of the twentieth century composers such as Debussy, Hindemith, Milhaud, and Stravinsky were all drawn to the infectious rhythms…
March 2010; Vol. 2, No. 2
A survey of current methods: Alfred’s Premier Piano Course
This issue continues Clavier Companion’s survey of piano methods1. Each article in this series will have three sections – an introductory synopsis by the Associate Editor, two articles written by teachers…
March 2010; Vol. 2, No. 2
Is there a piano in the house? (What I did on my summer vacation)
Can you imagine spending ten glorious days in a stunning country setting, surrounded by good food, good company, and thirty pianos? Many pianists have done just…
March 2010; Vol. 2, No. 2
How do you use technology in live performances?
You cannot play the late piano works of Beethoven on an early Cristofori pianoforte because there aren’t enough notes. You also cannot play the music of…
March 2010; Vol. 2, No. 2
How do you use DVDs and YouTube videos of historical pianists in your teaching?
A few years ago I asked piano majors in a piano pedagogy class to name some twentieth-century pianists. Elton John and Liberace were mentioned, but few classical pianists…
March 2010; Vol. 2, No. 2
How do you teach the rhythm challenges in Debussy’s Clair de lune?
In this department over the past thirteen years, many authors and myself have alluded to two different meanings of the term “rhythm.” Prosaic rhythm (also called counting rhythm) is the mere…