| Vieuxtemps, I think Dallapiccola is the fellow tormenting music students. Unless there is someone else out there......
I do think the teacher is crucial, and not every wonderful teacher is in a conservatory. However, the conservatories have done a better job of finding the best teachers in the areas of strings and piano than in the voice area. But most conservatories are not in the business of fixing and developing voices, more in the business of maturing artists. Unfortunately singers are not ready to take full advantage of that until the rest of it is settled, which takes physical maturity and time.
Strings and keyboard are different, so much training can happen very early. Winds may have some of the maturity issues because of lung size and air control issues....??????
Every successful artist has a different path. Who is to say if a different path would have worked as well, or which musicians get lost on the path they choose to follow? We will never know. |