Teaching – Page 9
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DebateOpinion: Mind the gap
For classical music students, bridging the divide between training and employment is often a case of being entrepreneurial, writes Jacqueline Vanasse
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DebateOpinion: The long and short of it
Using short bows when teaching beginner string players is a useful practice that should be more widespread, writes cellist Naomi Yandell
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Scales for violists
A system specifically for the viola, which has not been adapted from violin alternatives
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BlogsLawrence Power: life lessons from lockdown
The violist tells us what the lockdown has taught him about playing and teaching, and ponders the impact of the pandemic on the future of live music
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NewsHochschule für Musik und Theater Munich appoints British double bass professor
Somerset-born Alexandra Scott will take up the post in October 2020
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Focus'Popper's cello studies force you to know the fingerboard inside out'
The cellist and Boston Conservatory chair of strings considers the value of the composer's etudes
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Premium ❘ FeatureMusic Therapy: A Different Way to Help
Music therapy can be a fulfilling profession for any musician looking to make a significant impact in the community. Violinist and music therapist Joy Gravestock outlines the routes to this rewarding career and describes a typical day in the field
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Legato and Lyricism
Ideas to help you grow your sound and articulate every note within each bow
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FocusRussian cellist Karine Georgian remembers lessons with Mstislav Rostropovich
An intense seven-year period of study at the Moscow Conservatoire was hugely influential
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FocusTechnique: How do you develop musicality?
Exercises and advice from Ross Harbaugh, professor of cello at Miami’s Frost School of Music, to help build musical awareness and understanding
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FeatureHow to set yourself up as an online string teacher
Violinist and longtime distance-teacher Mary-Elizabeth Brown presents an essential guide to teaching online, from setting up a home studio and preparing your students, to safeguarding and health & safety. With tips on adapting your teaching methods for the online environment
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FocusRemembering the Hungarian pedagogue Béla Katona
One of the 20th century’s greatest violin pedagogues, Béla Katona would have turned 100 this month. Here Tully Potter speaks to former pupils – mainly at London’s Trinity College of Music – about the success of his teaching methods
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Focus7 views on repetitive practice
Is repetition the most effective mode of practice? Debate from The Strad Archive
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Training Musicality
Exercises and advice to help build musical awareness and understanding
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FocusHow should string teachers deal with naturally unmusical children?
It may be sad to say, but some pupils have no gift for playing at all, says Royal Northern College of Music senior lecturer in education, Philippa Bunting
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FeatureHow knowledge of physics can improve your sound
Understanding the basic physics of string movement can help us produce a richer, more ringing tone, says professor of violin Wendy Case
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Premium ❘ FeatureBéla Katona: A Pupil’s Perspective
Former Béla Katona student Dona Lee Croft, now a professor, recalls her lessons with the Hungarian pedagogue
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Premium ❘ FeatureBéla Katona: A Teacher Through and Through
One of the 20th century’s greatest violin pedagogues, Béla Katona would have turned 100 this month. Tully Potter charts his life and career, and speaks to former pupils – mainly at London’s Trinity College of Music – about the success of his teaching methods
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Premium ❘ ArticleAsk the Teacher - Roy Sonne
The Pittsburgh-based pedagogue asks his students to be adventurous and to watch clips on YouTube
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Premium ❘ ArticleAsk the Teacher - Cathy Elliott
The London-based pedagogue encourages the use of practice charts, as well as musical games