#music school

[secular-jew]

This is the Shulamit Music School in Tel Aviv. This school began in Jaffa in 1910 but soon moved to Tel Aviv. It was named after Shulamit Rupin, co-founder of the school, who passed away in 1912. 100% a Jewish music school. Arabs welcome, but not a Muslim business.

This photo was taken in 1914 by Avraham Soskin.

[lascitasdelashoras]

Robert Lebeck - Music School in Odessa, 1962

[minorkeystudies]

music student tips

when you get a new piece, always listen to recordings of it. find your favourites. make a playlist. it will inspire you, and prevent you from accidentally misreading your sheet music.

if your instrument is not in good shape, your music will not be in good shape (hey, fellow strings players, when did you last change the strings?).

always have a pencil. always. have lots of them and people will love you.

annonate and highlight your sheet music. these things are not reserved for notes and textbooks, you know? mark down sections, highlight the key change you keep forgetting about. hell, you can even colour-code it! mark down everything you can.

the back of your sheet music is a good place to write miscellaneous instructions such as "memorise by monday".

keep a semblance of order in your sheet music.

think while you're practicing. music practice is an endless cycle of problem solving, and while mechanical repetition is an integral part of it, you need to re-evaluate constantly if you're repeating the right thing.

metronome! enough said.

if you keep on attacking the problem, it will eventually give. or, at least, significantly improve. there is no improvement in giving up on something because it was too difficult.

it will never be perfect, and that's okay.

no decently challenging piece can be learned in a day, no matter how long you spend on it that day—if it can, it's too easy for you, or you're on a professional level. you have to whittle it down day by day, little by little. when it comes to music practice, consistency beats intensity.

track you practice time. i use the forest app for it, and it has worked marvelously so far. if you can, keep a practice journal as well (i'm awfully inconsistent with that).

you are still allowed to have fun and play silly stuff, even if you're a "serious" musician. you can play both a wienavski concerto and the good omens theme, you know?

even if you are less than stellar at your instrument, just put in decent effort, show up to rehearsals, and be polite and honest with your co-musicians (that way, you are much more likely to be liked—and invited to a post-concert bar crawl). you're still learning. most classmates are fine with bit of incompetence, but nobody likes a person who's full of shit.

being a music student is hard. take care of yourself, physically and mentally, and do not listen to assholes who do not understand how difficult your workload is.

[bardessofcerridwen]

This really hit a spot in me. Nothing is more true.

[3eanuts]

November 30, 1955 — see The Complete Peanuts 1955-1958

[reactor-four-official]

A mural on the Pripyat Music School entitled “Music”.

The mural is made from a traditional Italian mosaic style called Smalti. Small, hand cut glass pieces make up the colors of the mural.

Photo Credits: Andre Josse

[germanpostwarmodern]

Conservatorium (1980) in Den Haag, the Netherlands, by Lé Waterman

[protect-chopin-at-all-costs]

My classmate just said “Chopin lived his whole life feeling like he was going to die” and ouch isn’t that the truth, poor guy😭

[aceofroses-queenofstars]

This post will contain discussion of rape and sexual assault

i'm writing a whole essay on this but. I don't know how many people know the opera Don Giovanni who aren't musicians or musical scholars. But I have Many Thoughts and need to share them.

Number one: HOW in the HELL do people think Donna Anna is in love with Don Giovanni? She explicitly states how terrified she was when he broke into her room and assaulted her. Her driving force through the opera is rage and a need for revenge for both her attempted rape and the murder of her father. She is actively invested in ensuring that no one else is a victim of his crimes, and is pleased at his death. Donna Anna is a victim, and an incredibly strong character.

Number two: How in the WORLD have we gotten to a point where Don Giovanni is idolized as a heroic character? People forget or aren't told that the full title of the opera is (roughly translated) "The Dissolute Man Punished, or Don Giovanni". The Point of the Opera is that he is a terrible man who has commited Literally thousands of sexual crimes, as well as murder, and he gets what he deserves. He gets dragged down into hell for it, and he refuses to repent.

I am starting to understand how it came to be that the public perception of this opera is so far from the text (i am reading some INCREDIBLY interesting papers about this) but the main thing I am seeing is that scholars, when writing papers and textbooks, are either jumping to wild conclusions from the text or being incredibly picky when it comes to the evidence for their claims and straight up ignoring contradicting scenes. Also, many of them view Donna Anna, Donna Elvira and Zerlina as crude stereotypes. Some go as far as claiming that (I genuinely hate this) Donna Anna was better off for being assaulted. Talk about rape culture and victim-blaming!

And that's the real problem with the perception of opera. So much of the literature surrounding it has been written by scholars (predominantly male) who have been influenced by a culture of misogyny and rape that they refuse to see the complexity of any of the three female characters, and turn a blind eye to anything that paints Don Giovanni for what he truly is: a rapist. Every interpretation of anything is influenced by the culture from which it comes, and that is So Incredibly Clear in the literature surrounding Don Giovanni. It pisses me off.

Anyways, if this post manages to reach the dashes of people who have heard of or studied Don Giovanni, I want to know - how was it taught to you? Was Don Giovanni portrayed as a dashing, rascally hero? Did you study the female characters, and if so, in what light? What stood out to you about the opera? I'd love to know!

Also, if anyone would like to read the papers I've been studying, lmk and I'd be happy to post them!

[arc-hus]

Wunderkammer Bressanone Music School, Brixen, Italy - Carlana Mezzalira Pentimalli

https://carlanamezzalirapentimalli.com/

[pleasedonttellmymom]

Hey everyone! I know this is completely unrelated to what I usually post, but I'm in desperate need of a new violin. I'm a junior undergrad in music performance, at university full time. I'm not in a financial position to afford a better instrument, but find myself hindered by mine. It's served me well since middle school, however if I want to audition for graduate programs, I will need to look for an upgrade. Any little bit helps, and all of the proceeds would go to buying a violin.

If you would like to help support my education and my future as a teacher and musician, it would mean the world to me. If you yourself are not in a place to be able to help, please take the time to share this. It would mean just as much.

If you stopped to read this, thank you so much 💖

[minorkeystudies]

october 30th, monday

Back to school, baby! I'm simultaneously excited (I missed going outside lol) and suffering terribly because I slept for three hours at most. Being sick always flips my sleep schedule upside down. Playing Bach in this state was… entertaining, to say the least (thankfully, my violin teacher is kind and has a sense of humour). I'm glad to be back.

[lesiasmadness]

Folks who've been to music school share ur experience

[queenofheartsdeservedbetter]

Flute is life

Piano is life

Music instruments are life

Music theory is life

History of music is life

Band is life

Orchestra is life

Music School is life

Music is life

🎵

[americas1suiteheart]

Arts School is a fucking scam, don't even bother with it, its not worth it, BELIEVE ME. I've never regretted anything more in my life, what the hell am I going to do with a music degree??? Be a teacher? Be a therapist? THIS ISN'T FAIR

[fretbored34]

I heard 32nd milk is less fattening than 16th milk