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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Loel Boonshaft |
ISBN: | 1574630768 9781574630763 |
OCLC Number: | 78734945 |
Description: | xii, 243 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Foreword by James Swearingen -- Preface: A little old man who knew -- From muddy waters -- "Education is fundamentally an imaginative act of hope" -- Dwelling on dreams -- The "big rocks" concept -- It's all in how you see it -- "Motidispiration": motivation, discipline and inspiration -- Percussionists: the missing "peace"? -- Draw them to you -- The parable of the Tandoori chicken -- "One moment of anger" -- Conducting: "Speak sparingly and carry a maningful stick" -- A conductor's warm-up -- Independence of hands -- "But I'm yelling as nicely as I can!" -- Forty-two stones and an empty jar -- "When...?" or "When...!" -- Routine can be comfortable -- and deadly -- "Spoon-feeding..." -- "If you've told a child..." -- The intermittent rehearsal -- Who's responsible? -- "The goal is not to be understood" -- Excellence -- The flames of growth -- "But this is only a rehearsal!" -- "The view from the mountaintop" -- "Not again -- better" -- "A ship in port is safe..." -- "Getting back on the horse and riding even harder" -- Failure is opportunity turned upside-down -- "Touch the wall" -- "Without you, there never would have been a journey" -- Why didn't I think of that? -- Worry -- Don't always think big -- "When you wish upon a star..." -- "Don't hide your light under a bushel" -- Why do we teach? -- "Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars..." -- The list -- Postlude -- About the author. |
Responsibility: | Peter Loel Boonshaft. |
Abstract:
Like his first critically acclaimed international best seller Teaching Music With Passion, Boonshaft's newest book is even more poignant and powerful. This latest work is both inspirational and instructional and will definitely warm your heart and transform your teaching. - Back cover.
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