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Welcome to the MLMTA blog! We will be posting monthly, content contributed by our very own members!

You are Unique!!!

2/4/2019

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Submitted by Carol Angus 
​In a moment of trying to reorganize my piano studio (a little) over the cathos left after holiday preparation and the inability to not have “stacks” of music everywhere, I ran across a couple of old friends.  One of these was the word “unique."
What is unique? Webster’s Dictionary defines unique as “being the only one"!!! Exactly!!! One of a kind. In our music environment, each student who presents themselves to you – a “unique teacher," is one of a kind.  It becomes out responsibility to nurture that uniqueness into a musician capable of thinking, reading, and breathing music to their best abilities.  It's all about helping them to discover the passion of recreating music as presented on the page.  
Think about it, would you really want all students to be the same—as if someone took a cookie cutter and created multiples of the same kind?  Heaven forbid no! How very boring it would be for the teacher to have everyone be the same. Discovering the uniqueness of each student and helping them find the magic musical key that will unlock the musical world is why we as teachers are unique and continue to take on new students.  No two students work on the same musical time table nor can we expect the same result with each student. 
​In what ways are you unique?
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Susan Koenig
2/4/2019 12:22:20 pm

OK Carol. You got me thinking about myself and what makes me unique, so here goes:

Followed a non-traditional path to piano teaching
Strong passion for pieces that stir emotion – compassion, laughter, thematic
Emphasis on devoted teaching to each “individual”
Open-minded and inspired by new ideas
Belief in life-long learning
Good communicator and collaborator
Willingness to go above and beyond

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carol Angus
2/4/2019 12:39:20 pm

you opened up the path to creative thinking Sue. Thank you.

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carol.angus@verizon.net
7/23/2020 12:19:48 pm

Thank you for your comments. Love each and everyone. Glad the article gave you insight.

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Miriam Shingle
2/4/2019 02:49:38 pm

So true. The very fact that each student is unique forces us teachers to be creative, or we may lose out on teaching that student. Plus the love of teaching piano must be present for us to want to tailor our lessons for the students’ best fit. It’s not just a job - we have to have the joy, energy and the willingness to adapt. Thank you for your inspiration, Carol!!

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Jonathan Flowers link
2/22/2019 10:36:23 am

Every student teaches us a new way of understanding music. As teachers, we are students of our students! Bravo, Carol.

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