But howe comes, that e.g. Georges Barboteu could join the Rabat Radio Orchestra at age 13, Gerd Seifert won the Duesseldorf audition when just 17, Baborak played Weber op.45 with orchestra at age 14 & has won most great European horn competitions when he was just 18 ............ ?
Friedrich Gulda performed his piano studies at the Vienna Academy within THREE years only, skipping two years. Genious, indeed. But for the less genious: Kendall is right absolutely. ############################################################################ Am 17.03.2010 um 19:25 schrieb [email protected]: > We had a discussion on this at KBHC last summer and it seemed to be > true > for the professionals. In my own case, I had about 2,500 hours of > horn > practice/lessons when i joined the union and started playing > professionally as a > free-lancer. But, add in piano study and practice, theory and ear > training, band and orchestra experience that figures to about 7,500 > hours of > music at that point. Add the 3 years of study after that at > Curtis, plus more > experience both at school and professionally, I had well over > 10,000 hours > by the time I won my first position in Pittsburgh my senior year. > Music is > a life long and life consuming profession and I don't think there > are any > short cuts. > > KB > > > In a message dated 3/17/2010 1:02:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > A tidbit from the web: > > > So what?s the crucial factor? > One > of the > most significant factors is what scientists call the "10,000-hour > rule." > When we look at any kind of cognitively complex field -- for example, > playing chess, writing fiction or being a neurosurgeon -- we find > that > you are unlikely to master it unless you have practiced for 10,000 > hours. That?s 20 hours a week for 10 years. The brain takes that > long to > assimilate all it needs to know to achieve true mastery. > > -Steve Mumford > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
