Klarinet Archive - Posting 000500.txt from 2002/12

From: "Ian Black" <clarinet1@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] problem
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:49:06 -0500

Rebecca,

Irrespective of his teaching methods, or whether he plays clarinet, or any
of the other stuff which I've seen mentioned (I did miss some earlier posts
on this thread, so forgive me if I'm repeating something already said):

When I was learning the clarinet, I had a great teacher. He was encouraging
and inspiring and I enjoyed lessons with him. I was progressing further than
he was entirely comfortable with in terms of his teaching me, and so I
started supplementary lessons with one of the (8 or so) orchestral players
in Scotland. He too was inspiring and I enjoyed studying with him - the
material (and he) was more demanding. I played in a wind ensemble (outside
school) and the first MD I had was probably the biggest inspiration in my
study of music (Trevor Green, now running the Melbourne Symphony if anyone
knows him...) While still at school, I started going to the music college
part-time on Saturdays for lessons with another of the orchestral players.
While I'm sure he was a good teacher, I did not find him inspiring, and (to
a certain extent) lost interest. This is one of the main reasons I did not
go to music college full-time.

What I'm trying to say is don't stick with someone who is teaching you music
if you can't look up to them, if you don't find them inspiring, if you don't
find them encouraging, if you are not being stretched/challenged by them. I
reckon that would ultimately put you off. But don't confuse being made to
work hard with lack of encouragement - the last thing anyone wants is a
teacher who is content to stick with "easy" repertoire.

Slainte! (save you looking it up - it's Scottish / Irish Gaelic, it's
pronounced slange (the a as in Dan) and it means Cheers!)

Happy Christmas.

Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca Brennan [mailto:rjbrennan1221@-----.com]
Subject: Re: [kl] problem

A lot of the post have said something about finding a new teacher.

I don't know if I said this before or not, so I will just say it.

I do have a clarinet specialist as a private teacher, but my schedule
prevents me from seeing her until after the audition.

She is a fantastic teacher and she has pushed me further than I ever thought
I could go and I now know I can get further than that. She has a very
comfortable and effective way of teaching. At this point I can't think of
anything she could do to be better than she does because the way she teaches
is just so amazing to me. I don't think I would trade her off for anybody.

In addition to this, my band director is now being very supportive of me and
he is going to work with me until the audition. The one teacher that I have
been going to complained abou tmy tempo, but my band director is a
percussionist and says that it is even. It is possible that I was not
keeping the tempo at the lessons because I was so scared, but then again I
never had time to keep a tempo because I was lucky if I could play over a
measure.

I can retract the comments I made in the past about him not giving me enough
praise. For the past moth I feel that he has been giving me more than I
deserve. We have been getting along well since marching band ended.

-Rebecca

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