CROSSROADS Language StudioÊs Newsletter, September 2010
At the age of only 32, the Canadianpianist Glenn Gould (whose birthday
falls on the 25th of this month) gave up
giving concerts at a time when he wasone of the world’s foremost musicians.
Why? Gould felt that the future lay inrecording; that the concert was more aspectator sport than a listening
experience and that the inability to play
the piece again in a different way - hecalled it the ‘non-take two-ness’ of theconcert - stifled his creativity.
He had boundless faith in technology
and believed it could be used to more
fully realise the musician’s creative
vision of a piece of music. In the studio
Glenn Gould made use of the ability toedit different takes of a single piece tocreate something new, something that
beforehand he had not thought of.
Perhaps he would splice the first half oftake 1 to the second of take 2, forexample. Even shorter sections of one or
two notes might be patched in for
creative reasons or to correct mistakes.
Pop musicians do not think twice about
working in this way but classicalmusicians of the time and even todayregard this as ‘dishonest’. Gould argued
that a recording is not a concert andthat the end result is all that matters.
He even experimented with multitracking(forexample,in
his
transcription of Wagner’s Meistersingeroverture) when ten fingers were notenough to accommodate the complex
texture of a piece of music.

Gould was a fanof Walter Carlos’
1968
recording,‘Switched-On Bach’.
With no technicalskillonaninstrument Carloswasabletoprogram
therecently invented
Moog synthesizer toperform his interpretations of Bach’smusic. Gould, who died in 1982 at theage of fifty, did not live to see thedominance of the computer and the easeby which it can be used to interpret andcompose music without technical ortheoretical training. And, were
he alive today, Gould would
probably be an enthusiast
for the Internet and thepossibilities it offers
to access, share,
manipulateand createmusic.

Article by Jonathan

NET LESSONS: Try our lessons on the Internet!
It’s CROSSROADS in your home or office! You get
CROSSROADS’ great teachers, teaching programs,
even classmates, on-line! Call for details: 089 9217595

NET SITE OF THE MONTH:
Here’s a short biography about Glenn Gould with many
interesting links: http://glenngould.ca/biography/
NET NOTEBOOK: Don’t forget to take a look at theInternet activity notebook in our open-house. You’ll
find games, news and English learning sites.

Joshua Says: It is very gratifying to see many more students andclub members making use of our new café-open house. Every day
now, we can see someone quietly studying, reading books from ourlibrary, watching the BBC on cable or logging onto the Internet.
Remember, you can used this space as a very important complimentfor you studies, so please continue to make good use of it!

Junko Says: Have you noticed many more large companies are deciding tofavor English as their first language for communication in the workplace? Big“international” companies such as Nissan, Sony and others have been doing
this at the managerial and executive level for some time now. But recently
even more “traditional” Japanese companies such as Rakuten have decide to
switch to English for general communications at work. It is clear that English
is becoming increasingly more important in Japan as time goes on.

Jonathan Says: As someone who likes to keep fit, living through aJapanese summer is a real test of my willpower. After finishingwork at 10pm the last thing I want to do is go jogging in the hotand humid air of Matsuyama. But I usually manage it, thanks to amasochistic work ethic common to a lot of musicians…

Greg Says: Nice to see the extreme heat has lowered its dial to abearable level. Now we can all look forward to the typhoons thatwhip up from the south. I hope I don’t jinx Matsuyama this seasonby saying that it should be called the lucky city because more often
than not the typhoons make a right turn and miss Matsuyama
altogether. September is one of my favorite months to be here. The
weather is usually great (without the typhoon, that is).

Kevin Dit: La chaleur de cet interminable été commence enfin à s'atténuer unpeu, en même temps que le chant des cigales se fait de plus en plus silencieux jouraprès jour. Je ne sais pas ce que vous en pensez mais c'est pour moi une véritable
libération ! Marcher dehors par 35 degrés était proche de la torture pour moi ! Quoi
qu'il en soit, j'éspère vous voir nombreux pour le barbecue du 25 septembre
prochain ! Egalement, Crossroads est désormais sur Mixi et Facebook, si vous êtesintéressé, nous en parlerons plus longuement dans la newsletter du mois prochain !

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…especially when it
was time to eat!

She is the Champ!
Many of you have met Joy Mannix, Greg’s daughter, andif you read Greg’s notes in last month’s Newsletter youwill know she is a champion golfer. Joy has just won theAll-Shikoku junior golf tournament in the 1st to 3rd year
age group. Here she is with her medal (right) and atpractice on the links (below).
Everyone at Crossroads would like to congratulate you,
Joy, on your success, and wish you the best of luck inyour next tourney, the All-Japan Junior!
We are pleased to hear that Kodai Narashiba, one of Jonathan'sstudents, did well in the GTEC test at his high school recently, scoring 747 outof 810 (with a maximum mark in the listening exam). He was placed 8th in his
grade out of 225 students. Congratulations, Kodai!

G E N E R A L ( ジェネラル) コース
英語+実践練習６０分 x ２ 回 /週：
1学期-４ヶ月毎にレベルが上がる
クロスローズのメインプログラム
９０分x 1回/週：
忙しい方のための週１レッスン
プライベート(個人)
月２回からレッスン回数自由選択
セミプライベート(セミ個人)：
月３回からレッスン回数自由選択

A Working Holiday Visa can allow a traveller
to work and live in a country that issues thistype of visa, and the money he/she earns canbe used for travelling expenses. These visas
are issued to encourage young people toexperience different cultures through travel.
The number of countries issuing them isincreasing yearly. Currently, there are a totalof 28 and Japan has reciprocal arrangementswith The United Kingdom, Australia, NewZealand, Canada, Ireland, France, Germany,Denmark, South Korea, Hong Kong andTaiwan. Others will be added in time.
Crossroads is affiliated with EF who have avery well organized program supporting
Working Holiday travellers. If you areinterested in getting one of these visas, ask
Junko in our office for the details.

This year, our BBQ
Party will be held in ourroof-top garden here atCrossroads on: Saturday,25th this month from:
6:00pm to 9:00pm.
All students, yourfamilies and friends areinvited. It’s free, butremember toBring Your Own!!
See you there!!!

N E T (ネット) レッスン
COSMOPOLITAN (コスモポリタン) コース グループOR プライベート

英語+実技を通した実用練習、だから誰でも分かる、自然に上達する。
英語でギターを習う
レッスン料￥4,725/月～
英語で歌う
詳細はお問合せ下さい
英語で料理
英語でマジックK I D S ’ (キッズ) クラス
ピアノグループOR プライベート
英語劇
ヨガ
MOTHER & CHILD(マザー&チャイルド)クロスローズで学べるその他の外国語グループOR プライベート
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