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Sorry, FTCL is the highest level of diploma you can get at Trinity which I think is equivalent to a full course at a music conservatory. Was just too excited :P sorry
The talents and skills of some young musicians really makes me wonder why some of us even bother to continue.
There is a young pianist in Victoria who completed her ARCT (Associateship of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto) at age 12, with distinction on the piano practical (90% or better). This means not only having to perform at a professional level works of a minimum difficulty of - a Prelude and Fugue by Bach - a complete Beethoven, Mozart, or Schubert Sonata - a Chopin Ballade, or the Berceuse, or the Barcarolle, or the Fantaisie - one of the more difficult of the Debussy Preludes - a modern work as difficult as the Barber Ballade, the Prokofiev Sonata No 3, - a concert Etude chosen from among the Debussy Etudes, the Chopin Etudes (except Op 25, No 2), the Liszt Transcendental Etudes as well has having completed all of the following : - Counterpoint Grade4 - Advanced Harmony (Grade 5) - History, Grade 5 - Analysis, Grade 5
How has anyone at the tender age of 12 found time to learn, absorb and understand all this?
The talents and skills of some young musicians really makes me wonder why some of us even bother to continue.
There is a young pianist in Victoria who completed her ARCT (Associateship of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto) at age 12, with distinction on the piano practical (90% or better). This means not only having to perform at a professional level works of a minimum difficulty of - a Prelude and Fugue by Bach - a complete Beethoven, Mozart, or Schubert Sonata - a Chopin Ballade, or the Berceuse, or the Barcarolle, or the Fantaisie - one of the more difficult of the Debussy Preludes - a modern work as difficult as the Barber Ballade, the Prokofiev Sonata No 3, - a concert Etude chosen from among the Debussy Etudes, the Chopin Etudes (except Op 25, No 2), the Liszt Transcendental Etudes as well has having completed all of the following : - Counterpoint Grade4 - Advanced Harmony (Grade 5) - History, Grade 5 - Analysis, Grade 5
How has anyone at the tender age of 12 found time to learn, absorb and understand all this?
Indeed, there are prodigies and geniuses around!
Regards,
Wow, that is indeed impressive! Yes, there is such a thing as talent and when hard work is added to it, look out !
There is a young pianist in Victoria who completed her ARCT (Associateship of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto) at age 12
Interesting coincidence: a truly phenomenal piano student at Rice right now also got his ARCT at 12. Then he got another one for viola at 15. Some people you just can't keep down!
There is a young pianist in Victoria who completed her ARCT (Associateship of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto) at age 12
Interesting coincidence: a truly phenomenal piano student at Rice right now also got his ARCT at 12. Then he got another one for viola at 15. Some people you just can't keep down!
Maybe playing the viola keeps him down .
^^I AM COMPLETELY JOKING if anybody takes this too seriously .
Working on: Chopin - Nocturne op. 48 no.1 Debussy - Images Book II
There is a young pianist in Victoria who completed her ARCT (Associateship of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto) at age 12
Interesting coincidence: a truly phenomenal piano student at Rice right now also got his ARCT at 12. Then he got another one for viola at 15. Some people you just can't keep down!
Maybe playing the viola keeps him down .
^^I AM COMPLETELY JOKING if anybody takes this too seriously .
There is a young pianist in Victoria who completed her ARCT (Associateship of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto) at age 12
Interesting coincidence: a truly phenomenal piano student at Rice right now also got his ARCT at 12. Then he got another one for viola at 15. Some people you just can't keep down!
Maybe playing the viola keeps him down .
^^I AM COMPLETELY JOKING if anybody takes this too seriously .
"We're sorry Mr. Hindemith, you appear only to be as fit as a viola. Mr. Perlman, you are free to go."
do these really qualify as prodigies? a lot of kids are capable of entering conversatory by age 13, 14, i don't know if they're all prodigies, or just the result of good parenting. you need talent, for sure, but i estimate that with good parenting, about 10% of all population should be able to get this far.
i have a much higher standard when people start throwing the word "prodigy" around--certainly not something like 10% of population.
Wow, I just found out that he hates the piano a lot! He doesn't even play for anyone or even for the school at all and when he had a chance to play for the orchestra for a school musical he choose to become a stage crew member!
Wow, I just found out that he hates the piano a lot! He doesn't even play for anyone or even for the school at all and when he had a chance to play for the orchestra for a school musical he choose to become a stage crew member!
If that is really the case, he may be burnt out and may need a little a while away. After a while, he might realize what he had and start to miss it and appreciate it more.
Of course, at his age, he may continue to be pressured to excel and it could burn him out even more. But I hope that he doesn't continue to dislike playing the piano. Maybe he will appreciate it more as he ages.
Wow, I just found out that he hates the piano a lot! He doesn't even play for anyone or even for the school at all and when he had a chance to play for the orchestra for a school musical he choose to become a stage crew member!
If that is really the case, he may be burnt out and may need a little a while away. After a while, he might realize what he had and start to miss it and appreciate it more.
Of course, at his age, he may continue to be pressured to excel and it could burn him out even more. But I hope that he doesn't continue to dislike playing the piano. Maybe he will appreciate it more as he ages.
Indeed--in any case, seems like his parents did a good job. He'll appreciate it in a few years, maybe sooner even. Though in my case, wasn't until I got to my late 20s.
I often find with kids of that nature that they're so good at such a variety of subjects; music, math, writing, sports; that they don't put their heart into any of them. As far as good parenting goes, yes, he has accomplished a lot more than most of us, but does he have a burning passion for any of them, or did his parents foist it on him? I'm not saying he was unwilling, but cultural mores for people of that descent tend toward the submissive.