When great piano teaching must be recognized

Posted: 17/10/2012 in Piano Teaching

Reblogged from Arioso7's Blog:

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In my four decades of teaching piano, I never had a student recital quite like this one. Reams of Irina Gorin's pupils ascend the stage in Indiana at what looks like a piano store with a recital hall. (The backdrop is the Meridian Music Company's Munger Hall) There's a Steinway for the children to play on, and a second piano that I'm assuming is the same judging by its timbre.

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More videos showing the result of Irina Gorin's piano teaching. The fluidity of movement in her students is very impressive and a tribute to her tireless efforts with the really young beginners in her videos. What do you think of this teaching method that puts so much emphasis on wrist movement and the singing tone?
Comments
  1. direct link to Music Teachers Assoc. review of Gorin’s material with inserted You Tube links:
    http://www.mtac.org/cmt/CMT2012FallTalesMusicalJourney.pdf

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