The Indiana School of Music A History
The Indiana School of Music A History By George
M. Logan. Indiana University Press. Price:
$29.95
Imagine what it would be like to be Dean of a music school. Where would I go to learn how to build a successful music program? What makes a program great and how would I avoid what happens to most music schools where everyone on the faculty has a different view of what is good or why their own school isn't?
I would start with this book. Logan does an excellent job in documenting how a great music school is built. He leaves nothing out. All the ups and downs, in and outs of the making of a great program, all exposed. This is what I like best about this book, it's honest!
One point to make here. There were only a half dozen Deans of the school over its twentieth century and how each one made their mark on the school. Most schools go through many deans and one would think at a school that attracts the best and brightest faculty and students, no dean could survive. All those egos and talents that end up on a faculty, these were remarkable men. The performers who crossed the campus, all the best names in music. What is a future Dean to do? Read and learn. For everyone else, enjoy.
Imagine what it would be like to be Dean of a music school. Where would I go to learn how to build a successful music program? What makes a program great and how would I avoid what happens to most music schools where everyone on the faculty has a different view of what is good or why their own school isn't?
I would start with this book. Logan does an excellent job in documenting how a great music school is built. He leaves nothing out. All the ups and downs, in and outs of the making of a great program, all exposed. This is what I like best about this book, it's honest!
One point to make here. There were only a half dozen Deans of the school over its twentieth century and how each one made their mark on the school. Most schools go through many deans and one would think at a school that attracts the best and brightest faculty and students, no dean could survive. All those egos and talents that end up on a faculty, these were remarkable men. The performers who crossed the campus, all the best names in music. What is a future Dean to do? Read and learn. For everyone else, enjoy.
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