After a chamber music master class, someone mentioned that if the students didn't sound better at the end of the session -- it must not have been a very good master class. We want musicians to improve. But, how quickly? Can we assess progress after half an hour, at the end of a concert season, or a 4-year degree? In the master class, one student pianist was asked to play a difficult passage faster -- not to take extra time to negotiate its … [Read more...]