Reblogged from Arioso7's Blog:
If I survive this blog with any students remaining in my studio, I will live to tell another hair-raising story. In the meantime, it's a pertinent moment to expose pupil-snatching for what it is.
While we know about kidnappings of children, human trafficking, elephant poaching for ivory, and the rest, nobody bothers to examine the less conspicuous turnover of piano students that has tentacles of suspicion surrounding it.
It's usually a covert, top secret undertaking!