In a standout debut for the #MeToo era, a young pianist devotes herself to her art — and to the demanding, charismatic teacher she idolizes. After seventeen-year-old Claire Alalay’s father's death, only music has helped her channel her grief. Claire likes herself best when she plays his old piano, a welcome escape from the sadness — and her traditional Filipino mother’s prayer groups. In the hopes of earning a college scholarship, Claire auditions for Paul Avon, a prominent piano teacher, who agrees to take Claire as a pupil. Soon Claire loses herself in Paul’s world and his way of digging into a composition’s emotional core. She practices constantly, foregoing a social life, but no matter how hard she works or how well she plays, it seems impossible to gain Paul’s approval, let alone his affection. Author Cynthia Salaysay composes a moving, beautifully written portrait of rigorous perfectionism, sexual awakening, and the challenges of self-acceptance. Timely and vital, Private Lessons delves into a complicated student/teacher relationship, as well as class and cultural differences, with honesty and grace.

This book is for any music teacher working with elementary, middle school, and high school students in a private lesson setting. Materials for this text have been developed over 30 years of private teaching and have specifically been piloted with undergraduate and graduate music performance students at the University of Michigan, as they work to improve their teaching methods with their own private students.

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An ideal gift book for any golfer, clear, full-color illustrations make the instructions easy to follow, while the lessons have been skillfully selected and edited by a top editor to create a comprehensive and inspiring instruction manual.

Private equity firms are snapping up brand-name companies and assembling portfolios that make them immense global conglomerates. They're often able to maximize investor value far more successfully than traditional public companies. How do PE firms become such powerhouses? Learn how, in Lessons from Private Equity Any Company Can Use. Bain chairman Orit Gadiesh and partner Hugh MacArthur use the concise, actionable format of a memo to lay out the five disciplines that PE firms use to attain their edge: · Invest with a thesis using a specific, appropriate 3-5-year goal · Create a blueprint for change--a road map for initiatives that will generate the most value for your company within that time frame · Measure only what matters--such as cash, key market intelligence, and critical operating data · Hire, motivate, and retain hungry managers--people who think like owners · Make equity sweat--by making cash scarce, and forcing managers to redeploy underperforming capital in productive directions This is the PE formulate for unleashing a company's true potential.

Interpreting the inner meaning of Masonry, and the Bible, including the Seven Churches, the Psalm the Lord is My Shepherd, the 19th Psalm, 15th Chapter of St. John and showing how the immortal body is built, etc.

After having been a student of A Course in Miracles for over thirty years, Myrna Skoller discovered her own true and personal relationship with Jesus, just because she asked. She embarked upon a 365-day journey with Jesus into ACIM lessons, wanting to know what Jesus Himself expected her to learn from Him personally. Because she was discovering what an amazing voyage into the "Self" this was becoming, she decided to journalize each lesson. At first, she thought that the lessons were meant for her alone. However, only by recognizing the amazing impact they were having on her did she realize that the messages contained within those teachings would also have widespread appeal as well.

"This book is for guitarists who are new to jazz, but not beginners on guitar."--page 3.

(Musicians Institute Press). This book gives essential instruction on open chords, barre chords, power chords, strumming; scales, rhythm playing, the blues, and moveable chord shapes. It includes inversions, 'color' chords, practice tips, chord charts, songs, and progressions as well as audio examples.