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From:  "jjh" <jjh@n...>
Date:  Sat Sep 9, 2000  2:37 am
Subject:  RE: Need Advice


Dear Lisa-Marie and Vocalist:

Interesting structure for an interview situation. I'm not sure I like it.
10 minutes is not very much time to work. I used to give 15-minute
"mini-lessons" for a high school choral festival, and it felt so frantic.

After the first year of doing this, I realized that my teaching method had
to be streamlined or I wasn't going to be able to take the stress! I hit on
the solution of watching and listening for 1 thing to zero in on and work
with for the short duration of the session. So you might think about that
and try it. 1 thing, 1 idea that you have to contribute from your
perspective, 1 suggestion that the student could then think about and try
later. "KIS"--keep it simple.

Good luck!

Jana
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Jana Holzmeier
Dept. of Music
Nebraska Wesleyan University
5000 Saint Paul Ave.
Lincoln, NE 68504
jjh@n...
402-465-2284
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