Hilary Hahn on Good Teachers

Hilary discusses what makes a good music teacher. She's always worked best with teachers who customized their lessons to each individual student. This is part of a short series of videos for the 2011 YouTube Symphony.

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[kdbaloch]

p.s I am Bahram zehri kathrines son

[kdbaloch]

the teacher you had sounds like the oposite of my sister zarahs teacher hydy

[hoasjoe]

Many people have heard of the El Sistema music program in Venezuela started by economist and musician José Antonio Abreu. Students ended up in the national Simón Bolívar Orchestra are from poor slums. Music education is free, instruments donated.

The program's success is that students perform in a group setting (a lot of tem-work involved). Not just someone taking lessons for years but you perform a few times a year. Once you are good at your instrument, you become a mentor as well.

[thepianoplayer416]

You made good points. I've look at the Suzuki Method but never enrolled in the program. Being result-driven but with everybody in a group doing exactly the same things and play the same songs out of the Suzuki manual. Nothing to encourage individuality.

Everybody has their individual learning abilities and styles. In your early days when you're not as accomplished you relied on a good teacher. At a certain level you see yourself as a teacher as well. Some people can also be self-taught...

[indiandude786]

@daffeybill so true

[pandoraefretum]

You're the best....

[Shaghayegh11]

i love u hilary, but please don't post videos on topics you've clearly not thought about enough.

[omdcestpauline]

@pimcgreal that's really great i really hate those who just assign pieces to students it wont work that well with that 'just do it' spirit ya know you gotta know what you're doing and how you're doing/ approaching it

[rogersmr5]

@daffeybill As an avid gardener, I must object to your comparison. Without reference materials and others to give me pointers on good gardening technique, my garden would have been a failure. Everything, from what plants make good companions for other plants, to the way you prune tomato plants affect yield. Good teachers are EXTREMELY important if you want good fruit from your labors. :)

[rogersmr5]

I wanted to ask you something similar to this a short bit ago but didn't know where to post it. Unfortunately, I only had instruction at public school and not private lessons, and there were no teachers dedicated to my instrument. So, my question is this: Do you think it's better to challenge a student to learn pieces a bit harder than what they can play, and teach them about technique along the way, or to give them something at their level, and teach technique for harder pieces separately?