Allmusic Newsletter - Feb 2019 | music-and-musicians.com
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Though already 3 February, I am happy that I have the opportunity to send you the first 2019 Newsletter, the year the schools started so soon after New Year.
May 2019 be a good year for all music teachers and learners!
May it be the year that the value of a music book is treasured – those bright children faces we so often see, tightly pressing their new music books to their hearts.
Then my heart aches for those music learners who are deprived from this joy by adults that dish out photocopies. Children do not ask to receive photocopies. Recently a teacher proclaimed openly that only photocopies are used. At R150 for the original book, it adds up to more considering the time and effort the teacher takes to photocopy, bind, and motivate himself that it is the right thing to do. Photocopying is like corruption: one convinces oneself that it is fine.
Books are like children – it stays with you for life. Proof hereof are the boxes of music books people sometimes bring to Allmusic – free for anyone to take at will. Photocopies are never brought as they are worthless.
One of our clients recently remarked that it is good for music learners to visit a real music store. In this way they realize how much there still is to learn and discover.
At times Allmusic is filled with parents and their children – wonderful. The jokes, sharing of information, and the discussions on planning for the year are so encouraging for us that, apart from long hours at the beginning of the year, it all is worth it!
Crescendo Summer Institute South Africa 2019
For more information on the CSISA, follow the link: http://crescendosouthafrica.org/en. To apply, follow the link http://crescendosouthafrica.org/en/application_forms/
As for last year, Focus on Education is one of the legs during the week. Also offered is non-competitive teaching for the following instrumentalists: violin, viola, cello, flute and piano. Singing (Opera & Lied) and conducting are also offered.
We are convinced that it is important that learners should participate in musical activity. For this reason Winnie van der Walt will workshop every afternoon on music in the classroom. She uses the wonderful material of Music Room as a point of departure and enriches her classes with her exceptional style and lifelong experience. Anyone who has to teach Music as part of Arts and Culture will be well-equipped and will be renewed with motivation and creativity to have fun with their group lessons at school where their learners learn more about music.
Dr Liezl-Maret Jacobs leaves after Crescendo with her husband to Ireland. We are looking forward to her classes on piano teaching method from beginner to advanced level. She shares her experience and insights on the development of piano playing in preparing lifelong musicians that stay active pianists.
So often young people stop playing after school because they hate the tension that is associated with piano playing – a result of our South African focus on exams. Last week, an American lady of about 35 year old, visited Allmusic to purchase piano music. As always, I asked on which level she plays. Reacting uncertain about my question, I asked “which was the last exam you played?”. She replied: “What do you mean?”, because in America (and Europe, for that matter), they practice pieces intended to be performed at concerts, and they endeavor to maintain this repertoire by continually returning to it, or adding new repertoire. Exams are simply not part of their normal music ‘curriculum’.
Among others, she purchased the Rachmaninoff Preludes and other advanced works…
Piano Stories is an excellent new Trinity publication that offers funky and creative ideas to maintain interest in studying the present prescribed pieces from Initial to Grade 3.
Piano Dreams are wonderful solo and duet compositions for piano by the composer Anne Terzibaschitsch. She also composed fabulous teaching material for violin and cello, also available at Allmusic.
The new Keyboard and Singing Trinity exam books are in stock.
We have the complete piano oeuvre of June Armstrong in the store. Lovely different music for Eisteddfods and concerts. These books are graded in degree of difficulty. The duet book has one part which is easier than the other for learners who have varying technical abilities.
The Anglicized Piano Adventures is new on our shelves. These books, with the English terminology (American terms in brackets), were originally meant for England and its previous colonies. Allmusic negotiated with the publishers that these books may also be distributed through the South Africa retail avenues. The series combine the Lesson and Theory and Technique and Performance books. Some aspects are not as comprehensively developed as in the individual books. The Anglicized books are available to level 3.
Nou is dit 3 Februarie en kry ek die geleentheid om die eerste Nuusbrief van 2019 te skryf – die jaar wat baie gou na 1 Januarie vir die skole begin het.
Mag 2019 ‘n goeie jaar vir al die musiekonderwysers en leerlinge wees!
Mag dit die jaar wees waar die waarde van ‘n musiekboek opnuut gewaardeer word – daardie helder gesiggies van kinders met die nuwe boeke teen die hart gedruk sien ons dikwels.
Dan pyn my hart vir die musiekleerlinge vir wie die volwassenes in hul lewens hulle daardie genot ontneem deur fotostate uit te deel. Kinders vra nie om fotostate ipv boeke te ontvang nie. Nou onlangs het ‘n onderwyser prontuit gestel dat daar net fotostate gemaak word. Teen R150 vir die oorspronklike boek, kos dit meer aan moeite en tyd om die fotostaat te maak, te bind en homself te motiveer dat dit reg is. Fotostate is soos korrupsie – mens oortuig jouself dat dit reg is.
Boeke is soos kinders – hulle bly jou lewe lank by jou. Sprekend hiervan is die bokse vol boeke wat by Allmusic afgegee word om uit te deel aan wie dit ook al wil gebruik. Geen fotostate word afgegee nie – want dit is waardeloos.
Een van ons kliente maak onlangs die opmerking dat dit goed is vir musiekleerlinge om in ‘n regte egte musiekwinkel in te stap. So besef hulle hoeveel daar nog is om te leer en te ontdek.
Sommige dae is die winkel vol kinders saam met hul ouers – heerlik. Die grappies, die uitdeel van inligting en die gesprekke oor die vooruitsigte vir die jaar laat ons voel dat, ten spyte van die lang ure in die begin van die jaar, alles tog die moeite werd is.
Vir meer inligting oor die CSISA, volg die skakel: http://crescendosouthafrica.org/en. Om aansoek te doen, volg die skakel http://crescendosouthafrica.org/en/application_forms/
Soos verlede jaar is Focus on Education weer een van die bene van die week. Die ander is nie-kompeterende onderrig vir instrumentaliste op viool, altviool, tjello, fluit, en klavier. Sang (Opera en Lied) en dirigering word ook aangebied.
Ons is oortuig dat dit noodsaaklik is om kinders aan musiek te laat deelneem. Om hierdie rede bied Winnie van der Walt elke middag ‘n werkswinkel aan vir musiek in die klaskamer. Sy gebruik die wonderlike materiaal van Music Room as vertrekpunt en verryk dit met haar besondere styl en lewenslange ervaring. Enige een wat Musiek as deel van Kuns en Kultuur moet aanbied sal goed toegerus word en met nuwe motivering en kreatiwiteit kan pret hê met ‘n groep kinders terwyl hulle meer oor musiek leer.
Dr Liezl-Maret Jacobs vertrek na Crescendo saam met haar man na Ierland. Ons sien uit om weereens by haar te leer oor klavieronderrig van beginner tot gevorderde vlak. Sy deel met ons haar kennis oor nuwe benaderings en insigte in die ontwikkeling van klavierspel om lewenslange aktiewe en professionele pianiste op te lei.
So dikwels hou mense op met klavier na skool, omdat hulle nie hou van die spanning wat met klavierspeel geassosieer word nie – ‘n gevolg van ons Suid-Afrikaanse fokus op eksamens.
Verlede week kom ‘n Amerikaanse dame, ek skat haar so 35 jaar oud, by Allmusic in op soek na klaviermusiek. Oudergewoonte vra ek op watter vlak sy speel. Toe sy onseker lyk, vra ek
“which grade did your last play?”. Sy antwoord “what do you mean?”
Want sien, in Amerika – en in Europa – oefen hulle stukke om op konserte te speel, en hou hulle dit in hul repertorium.
Eksamens is glad nie deel van hul normale ‘kurrikulum’ nie.
Sy het onder andere die Rachmaninov Preludes en ander gevorderde werke gekoop…
Piano Stories is ‘n puik nuwe publikasie van Trinity en bied prettige en kreatiewe idees om die instudering van huidige voorgeskrewe stukkies van Initial tot graad 3 interessant te hou.
Piano Dreams is klavierboekies vir solo en duet met heerlike stukkies van die komponis Anne Terzibaschitsch. Sy het ook uitstekende musiek vir viool en tjello onderrig geskryf en hierdie boekies is in ons winkel.
Nuwe Keyboard en Singing eksamenboeke van Trinity is beskikbaar.
Ons het die volledige klavier oeuvre van June Armstrong in die winkel. Oulike ekstra musiek vir kunswedstryde en konserte. Die boeke is gegradeer in moeilikheidsgrade. Die duetboek het een deel makliker as die ander om kinders van verskillende vlakke te laat saam speel.
Die Anglicized Piano Adventures is nuut op die rak. Die Engelse terme, met die Amerikaanse terme in hakies, is aanvanklik bedoel vir Engeland en sy vorige kolonies. Allmusic het met die uitgewers onderhandel dat die boeke ook deur die gewone kanale vir die Suid-Afrikaanse mark beskikbaar gestel word. Die boeke kombineer Lesson and Theory en Technique and Performance. Sommige aspekte word in die gekombineerde boeke nie so volledig ontwikkel soos in die aparte boekies nie. Die Anglicized boeke is beskibaar tot en met vlak 3.