I try to foster this attitude of self-discipline by letting my students know they can't come less than prepared. They can't give less than 100 percent. The result, Murai says, is great music. There's no way an audience new to a piece can separate a bad piece from a bad performance. When we're performing a piece of work every performer needs to give their best, their total commitment.
All conservatory students are opinionated, and have works they like and dislike strongly.
That's how it should be. It may be difficult, and some students have been known to grumble, but the results can be spectacular. Perhaps nowhere else in the university does the process of learning create such joyous sounds.