The Ideal Student

The Ideal Student:

Here is the student I want to see walk into my studio at IU/NU/RU:

One that always has something prepared

One that listens to the best recordings everyday

One that reads about music and musicians every day

One that doesn’t mind being a music nerd

One that has several questions each lesson to demonstrate independent thought and analysis of what is being learned

One that has many suggestions as to repertoire…ideas gained through listening and reading about music

One that thinks about more than just the notes

One that implements suggestions immediately

One that will challenge me with a differing point of view and have substantiating evidence to back it up

One that can describe and explain differences in sound timbre

One that is honest, sincere and has a smile as we dig in and work for progress

One that doesn’t say, “Mr. X told me to do it this way.”