| Thanks, a good link, violadad.
Daughter's love since age 4 has been piano, but due to the Asperger's she knows she does not want a performance career in piano. At 9 she started asking about organ at church, and at 11 finally reached the pedals! Tho she is regularly winning piano competitions (smart girl, she's noticed that when she doesn't win she usually learns a lot more), she loves the anonymity of the organ and sees it as a viable career.
The church music world is really supportive as well. When we need to practice, almost every church we've asked let's us in. So she feels most welcomed.
But her teachers are all suggesting things like early college admission, summer music camps, and they don't realize how much Asperger's still affects her.
Anyway, Pipe Organ Encounters are run by the AGO; Oberlin has a wonderful sounding summer camp for high school organists, but none of the church organists we know have info. on it. So suggestions from anyone would be great. Also if anyone else has an aspie or CP kid in music and where?
thanks again. |