Tim Pettit

Review of Music Academy of the West

I went to one of the master classes in this case f...

I went to one of the master classes in this case for the viola. Three classical pieces were performed each with a different pairing of pianists and viola players. After each piece a faculty member gives feedback to the string player fellow, the fellows being excellent musicians, often graduates from musics schools including Juilliard, who have auditioned for place in this summer program. The ticket office was helpful, price very reasonable, and the moderately sized beautiful campus a pleasant place to be. I felt I got a sense of seeing what goes into learning an instrument and how musicians communicate the finer points of music-making between each other and with their teachers.