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IMHO this comment has as much merit as it doesn't.

I should probably explain exactly what I mean by that so that I don't risk coming accross as disparaging.

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But it does get to a point in a student's advancement, should they seek professional opportunities with their talent--which means auditioning; and especially for Russianoff who perhaps is one of handfull of leading teachers of his time who created the teachers and players whose careers have or are now approaching the tail end of their tenure, that "teaching to the test" becomes imperative to land those very jobs.

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Of course Russianoff is not Gilad of the Colburn school, and Gilad perhaps is more a master class type teacher, not one who works on fundamentals...

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I guess my point is that at some point, at least for the student eventually seeking employment, that there are fluid transitions and overlap between fundamentals, artistic expression, and learning how to do that which judges want.