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| Hello! I'm leading a free piano workshop for praise/worship musicians and aspiring musicians on Saturday morning, May 2nd, at Columbia University Teachers College. We will be exploring basic playing techniques, fielding general questions, engaging in discussion about best ways to practice and play worship music, as well as learning about how to play different grooves and basic improvisational material.
All levels are welcome! If there's enough interest, this series may continue on upcoming weekends! RSVP is required (via facebook, email, or phone) as space is limited.
Keyboards/piano are provided in the classroom.
See you there!
10:30am-12:30pm
Teachers College, Horace Mann Room 435
525 W 120th St
New York, NY
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| “Twitter lets people know what’s going on about things they care about instantly, as it happens,” said Evan Williams, Twitter’s chief executive and co-founder. “In the best cases, Twitter makes people smarter and faster and more efficient."
"Fitter. Happier. More Productive."
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years ago, a student confided in me that she had been physically abused at home and that her family situation was dire. my heart broke for her. because of her, the level of compassion and amount of care that i showed to all of my students from then on was significantly higher, for i knew that any one of them could be dealing with something that weighed heavily in their hearts that i could be there for. i credited her in my mind with really changing the way that i approached teaching, not just as an opportunity to educate and teach, but as an opportunity to empathize and relate.
many years later, i inadvertently discovered that she had made the whole thing up. and a part of me felt jarringly betrayed, as if i had based so much of my personal teaching philosophy on something that turned out to be a lie.
did the end justify the means?
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| i believe movements aren't started by people who want to make a big splash or start a revolution, or garner tons of media attention and revel in the spotlight generated by a frenzied wave of publicity. i believe if you want to start a movement, you probably won't. or whatever it is you're trying to start is going to be too contrived to have the lasting power to be anything other than a passing fad.
i believe movements are started by people with simple convictions, but convictions which take such a hold on those people's lives that they are markedly changed by them.
i believe conviction is more powerful than attention.
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