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From the Stage to the Studio: How Fine Musicians Become Great Teachers

by Cornelia Watkins

Turning performance experience into a teaching practice

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Turning performance experience into a teaching practice

A practical guide to the professional work that surrounds music instruction, From the Stage to the Studio connects a musician’s artistic approach with the day-to-day demands of teaching. Watkins presents teaching and performing as mutually reinforcing parts of a musical career, then organizes that connection around concrete situations: establishing a private studio, leading master classes, pursuing academic positions, adjudicating competitions, and attracting students. The book also addresses how to identify the components of musical artistry and communicate them productively in teacher-student relationships. Its scope reaches beyond lesson planning to include the institutional and freelance contexts in which musicians often teach.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • College music majors preparing for teaching responsibilities
  • Performing musicians building a private studio or adding instruction to their work
  • University studio faculty and music pedagogy educators

Themes

Music pedagogyPerformance and teachingPrivate studio managementMaster classesProfessional development

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Book overview

"The fact is, you will teach."
from the Foreword by Stephen Clapp, Dean Emeritus, The Julliard School.

Whether serving on the faculty at a university, maintaining a class of private students, or fulfilling an invitation as guest artist in a master class series, virtually all musicians will teach during their careers. From the Stage to the Studio speaks directly to the performing musician, highlighting the significant advantages of becoming distinguished both as a performer and a pedagogue. Drawing on over sixty years of combined experience, authors Cornelia Watkins and Laurie Scott provide the guidance and information necessary for any musician to translate his or her individual approach into productive and rewarding teacher-student interactions. Premised on the synergistic relationship between teaching and performing, this book provides a structure for clarifying the essential elements of musical artistry, and connects them to such tangible situations as setting up a studio, teaching a master class, interviewing for a job, judging competitions, and recruiting students. From the Stage to the Studio serves as an essential resource for university studio faculty, music pedagogy teachers, college music majors, and professionals looking to add effective teaching to their artistic repertoire.
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