| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
The bug bites -- Bringing your family on board -- Shopping for the right teacher -- Balancing everything -- Building technique -- Exploring skills -- Developing performance chops -- Using your mind -- Creating fantasy -- Securing memorization -- Handling rejection and success -- Choosing your college -- Finding your way during the college years -- Planning repertoire -- Selecting repertoire -- Broadening horizons -- The road ahead |
| Summary |
Young pianists pursuing a professional career face a barrage of questions, choices, and challenges. In this book, experienced teacher and performer Stewart Gordon offers a new and practical way to approach them by helping readers to plan strategically and build a secure and successful career from the ground up. For decades, Gordon has guided young pianists through the details of how to prepare musically, navigate their college years, and forge a career that will provide a livelihood. In this guide to beginning that musical career, Gordon has assembled the wisdom of decades of teaching: a funda |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Pianists -- Vocational guidance
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Pianists -- Vocational guidance -- Juvenile literature
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MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- Piano & Keyboard.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Percussion.
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199942435 |
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0199942439 |
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1306383188 |
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9781306383189 |
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0199359148 |
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9780199359141 |
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