I’m the proud mentor of seven COMMITTED adult piano students, three of whom were TAGGED with body stickers for doing GOOD time at their lessons yesterday. NOTE: None have been coerced by authorities to sign up. (i.e. Parents) Each is a VOLUNTARY admission. (LIVE or in Cyber)
Ravi, a thirty-plus chess champion/financial analyst, is one of my most piano-crazed first-year pupils. If he can’t manage to locate an acoustic during his lunch hour, he becomes a threat to society.
Once he was bounced from a bar and grill for hogging an old upright. First he refused to move off the bench. Then after being prodded and officially handcuffed, he continued to play with his nose.
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Eva was STICKERED ON THE RUN!
En route to SFO, bound for China, she rushed out the front door in the grip of regret, “I didn’t deserve these glue-bonded stickers because my staccato was under-developed. I promise to try harder after I SCALE the GREAT WALL!”
NEXT YEAR in Jerusalem! (she’s already booked!)
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Setsuko EARNED her stickers and more! She bedazzled RAVI who arrived early to listen, though he desperately wanted to OCCUPY the Baldwin. Why not! It’s Berkeley!
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Rachel, (not pictured) declined a body sticker because of religious beliefs and Kosher dietary laws. While she has no piano, she envisions one in the foreseeable future. (Dream on!)
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Finally, to a growing list of headless headliners, I proudly add your heroic images to my Wall of Fame!
Congratulations!
LINKS:
https://arioso7.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/adult-piano-student-themes-and-issues/
https://arioso7.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/are-adult-piano-students-stigmatized/
How lucky they are to have you as a teacher!
Thanks, Gina..
I love it! You made me laugh. Adult students are a blast to teach, I agree! Although I have some high school students that are a thrill. They love to play piano and no one is pushing them. One told me this a couple of weeks ago- I feel badly, I am going on vacation and I can’t play piano! By the way this is the one playing the Pathetique!
nice story—with a positive spin. Thanks, Fran.