I’ve also seen very talented children that do not practice and therefore, do not improve their beautiful talent.
It is the daily practice that makes them good. My “star” piano students also play sports, participate with girls and boys scouts, are active in their church and typically play more instruments than just the piano. In our American culture, we tend to value variety and having a well-rounded education. But it is the interest of the child and the dedication of the parents that determines if the child will continue beyond their first few years. Each individual’s level of proficiency varies at age 3 or 4 when I first see them. They encourage, motivate, set the standard and boundaries, enable and push their little child prodigy to be something amazing!Īs a teacher of literally thousands of piano students, I have seen some incredibly talented, young people. But then there is a ton of hard work that goes along with it! That is where the parents come in. You’ve heard that success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration? I would say this formula applies to child prodigies as well! The child starts with an interest in playing and some basic natural talent. The child is interested and clearly has an affinity toward music and the parents help push it along by dedicating themselves to their child’s musical progress. In both of these examples, there is a little of both. Clearly, Emily Bear would not be where she is today without the financial support, influence and dedication of her parents. Her mentor and personal friend is jazz artist, record producer and film composer, Quincy Jones. At age eight, she was traveling to New York City every month to attend classical music classes at Juilliard in the morning and film composition classes at NYU in the afternoon. Her parents home-schooled her and enrolled her with prestigious music educators. Emily Bear is the youngest of three children from Illinois.
She started composing at age 3, began formal, classical piano lessons at age 4, began performing at age 5, performed for President Bush at age 6, won her first award for a composition at age 6 and had created over 350 compositions by age 8. Let’s look at a current child prodigy, Emily Bear. There is much speculation about whether or not she was just as talented as or possibly more than her brother. However, because of her gender, Maria Anna was not given the opportunity to perform or compose as an adult. Both were given many opportunities to perform and gain notoriety. Both were taught by an accomplished musician and music teacher, their father. I think it is fascinating to compare the two children, Wolfgang and Maria Anna. His father, in addition to teaching him music, also set up the performing opportunities and set Mozart on his composing career as a young child. His sister, Maria Anna, doted on him, helped him practice daily, and encouraged his musical creations. But while Mozart showed an early affinity toward music, he also had a lot of support from his family. He started lessons at age 3, wrote his first composition at age 5, and started performing at age 6. One of my favorite child prodigy and name-sake of our school, is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Did this child really do this on their own or do they just have extremely involved parents pushing them along? What makes a piano prodigy? We have all seen those videos of cute little children playing amazingly fast, classical piano pieces. Parents Ask Pam - What is proper piano hand position?įeature Article - What Makes A Child Prodigy?
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