School’s Out
Posted By Scott on April 20, 2010
Owens Center for Fine and Performing Arts
After near a dozen lessons spread over four months I’ve completed my Owen’s College Community piano lesson offering. It was fun, interesting and I surely improved greatly on my sight reading. Owens College has a music education department and a newish building called the Owen’s Center For Fine and Performing Arts which houses music classrooms, practice rooms and a theater. My instructor Dr. Lynda Dunn had decades of experience and got me going on some great books from Alfred’s publishing called Alfred Piano for Adult Beginners.
Owens Practice Room
Something I found hard was playing the acoustic Yamaha piano which the practice room had. Between a different chair height and keys that pressed harder than what I have at home I had troubles warming up each week. Of course just playing for someone else (the teacher) wasn’t so easy for me either as I just get nervous and the brain stops working. The big thing about lessons is they make you practice hard because you don’t want to look like an idiot at the next lesson. I’m continuing on with the sight reading practice a bit every day. I’m also doing better at finger type exercises now as I’ve found I can now sight read and play the notes in those long exercise riffs. In all the lessons were a good experience. I think I’m pretty good at learning on my own but as I mentioned a little pressure to practice hard sure helps speed the learning process.
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