

"Vera could listen to an exposition of a classical sonata or a Prokofiev Sonata - and with a number of hearings, she could get it all." Their ear for dictation was incredibly well-refined. "The musicians that are trained in that system - there's a very different learning, because they learn it as a language," Watanabe said. There were public school children learning the basics at an after-school outreach program advanced young musicians playing chamber music and preparing for performances and kids in theory and ear training classes of all levels.Īnd it wasn't just Vera he found this to be the case in other musicians with Russian training - because of their early system of education, they possessed an entirely different level of proficiency, like the fluency of a native speaker. I saw kids taking private lessons participating in Suzuki group classes playing in beginning orchestras. It wasn't to teach "gifted students" - it was to provide that gift for as many children as they could.Įarlier this year, I went to Utah and visited the Gifted Music School. That is one of the reasons why Eugene and Vera Watanabe founded the Gifted Music School in 2009, in Eugene's native Salt Lake City, Utah. simply don't get that - even the ones studying an instrument or fortunate enough to have some music education at their schools.

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Despite the focus on academics, the small school size promotes closer friendships with students, and it's really amazing. You definitely need to be more academically-motivated to do well at this school, but even if you are lacking in some areas, our teachers and staff do a lot to help each student one-on-one, and you will always get the help you need. This school encourages students to find themselves and what career paths they want to go down, and it's very helpful. The class sizes are small, allowing for more personal connection and better learning. I think it's fantastic! While there aren't many clubs, and we have no sports or fine arts programs, it is such a wonderful environment to learn in. Senior: UCAS is an amazing school! It's an early college high-school where you get to take tons of concurrent enrollment classes and you can graduate high school with an associates degree.
