“Music to me is like breathing – I don’t get tired of breathing, I don’t get tired of music.“
— Ray Charles (1930-2004)
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“What is best in music is not to be found in the notes.“
— Gustav Mahler
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“I believe that interpretation should be like a transparent glass, a window for the composer’s music.“
— Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian conductor and virtuoso pianist
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As mentioned yesterday, a new series is being introduced here at Color In My Piano: a monthly forum of sorts, where readers put their heads together a discuss various topics. The success of this series depends on YOU, so please, type away!
Without further ado, allow me to introduce the topic for the June forum:
The June Forum: Making your Vocation a Vacation
The June forum is inspired by a couple of quotes I encountered a couple of days ago that really got me thinking about my piano teaching:
“Instead of wondering where your next vacation is, maybe you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” – Godin
“Make your vocation your vacation.” – Old adage
So the idea is to make your vocation as a piano teacher enjoyable for yourself, so that you aren’t living most of your life just getting by until the next vacation. =)
Now that summer vacation is here, ironically enough, I think this is a fitting topic to consider. I’m sure that some of you are probably taking summer vacation from teaching and others of you are probably going to be teaching as normal through the summer (personally, I’m somewhere in the middle – some students have stayed on and others are taking a summer break). Nevertheless, I’m sure we are all thinking ahead to the next year of teaching and maybe even already doing some planning. Well, now you can add this thought to your list! — How can I make the next year of teaching be more like a vacation than a vocation?
Thoughts? What do YOU do to make your vocation more like your vacation? How do you deal with discouragement and disappointments as a teacher when they come along? How do you keep your teaching fresh and fun? What are some practical ways that you can do differently to make your vocation as a piano teacher more like a vacation all year long?
“It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it.“
— Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), English composer and organist
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“People who make music together can not be enemies, at least while the music lasts.“
— Paul Hindemith
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“Practice in minute detail until every note is imbued with internal life and has taken its place in the overall design.“
— Pablo Casals (Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor)
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“Music should go right through you, leave some of itself inside you, and take some of you with it when it leaves.“
— Henry Threadgill
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“If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards.”
— Joe Pass, jazz guitarist
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“A melody is like taking a pitch for a walk.”
— R. Murray Schafer
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“Magical music never leaves the memory.”
— Sir Thomas Beacham
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“People are flowers.
Music is water.
Musicians are the hose.”
— Carlos Santana
Every Wednesday brings Words of Wisdom here at the Color in my Piano blog in the form of a musical quote or joke, intended to bring inspiration or humor to the middle of your week. Have suggestions? Send an email off to admin[at]colorinmypiano.com.
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