A nearby mall that boasts the only ice skating rink in the whole province apparently offers more than I knew. Recently my coworker showed me a full movie theatre and arcade inside (including bumper cars!) When I finally paid more attention to the advertisements everywhere, I realized there is also a piano center! It’s been a goal for the past few years to resume lessons in an effort to broaden my repertoire. I scheduled a time to meet a teacher—one who at least has her masters in piano performance—and met with her today. She’s friendly and experienced; she’s been solely focused on piano since the age of 12. Today, I signed up, planning six months of lessons.
More importantly, this teacher—Ms. Li—did her entire undergrad and masters in Austria. That means I can use both German and Chinese to communicate with her! If there’s a problem with someone’s understanding or a word flows more smoothly in one language, we just switch. Similarly, with European training, she is unlike most Chinese teachers. She doesn’t overemphasize technique, rather preferring musicality. Plus, she uses the 5-lined staff instead of solfege (seriously, some Chinese teachers will refer to notes in their relative solfege position, such as “fa”, or “la”, instead of “F” or “A”, for example.)
Without wasting time pondering the decision, I’m planned for 6 months of lessons. I’m going back to the piano and that fact couldn’t make me happier.
(P.S. Don’t remind me of how hard it is to practice 2 hours every day, for now I’ll focus on the fun part.)
Later Days,
Rick
1 comment:
Yay for music! So glad you found a place to practice piano! :)
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