Article: Exploring new sounds: contemporary performance techniques for the pre-college student.

As a frequent performer and fervent advocate of new music, I believe we have a critical responsibility to prepare the developing pianist for the expanded performance requirements that have emerged since the latter half of the twentieth century. Just as we carefully develop sequential steps ,r introducing a student to a Mozart sonata, we, as thoughtful teachers, need to examine the variety of avant-garde piano skills that have now become essential components of a well-formed piano technique. In this way, we can better facilitate the logical development of those skills and foster their integration into the standard piano repertoire.

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