Teaching Genius: Dorothy Delay and the Making of a Musician

Rating:
Summary: Sugarplum, what are you reading?
Review: We're enticed into thinking that we're going to learn something of the pedagogy of "teaching genius," but what we're presented with is a pedagogy which can be summarized in just a few words: "Sugarplum, do you think it might be done differently?"

This is a fine technique, but it doesn't require 200+ pages ... to learn about it.

The major lesson of the book is how artists have been manipulated into the concert and recording worlds not by talent, but by connections. The author begins to explore this territory--the teacher as dealmaker--but stops short of revealing any insights.

Fully 1/2 of the book is an advertising vehicle for DeLay's students.