<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear friends,</div><div><br></div><div>While revising my Freshman theory course more to make it more explicitly piano-centered, I’ve had to contend with the possibility that the resulting spike in usage might well strain our campus resources. </div><div><br></div><div>This led me to wonder: has anyone in this community either (a) advised—or even required—students to acquire/purchase an inexpensive (<$100) electronic keyboard as part of their curricular requirements; or (b) sought to make such instruments available to music students through their institution—maybe as a rental, or even gratis, as part of their tuition or housing contract?</div><div><br></div><div>(Broadening the question a bit, I’d be equally keen to know of institutions that provide *any* complementary technology for their music students. I’ve heard grapevine stories, e.g., of newly-enrolled students receiving iPods from their departments, presumably in conjunction with various well-defined pedagogical aims.)</div><div><br></div><div>I'd welcome responses either on-list or off.</div><div><br></div><div>Gratefully,</div><div><br></div><div>- Seth</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">-----------------------------------------------------------</span></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Seth Monahan</span></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Assistant Professor of Music Theory</span></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Reviews Editor, <i>Music Theory Spectrum</i></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">(585) 274-1556</span></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; "><a href="http://www.sethmonahan.com">www.sethmonahan.com</a></span></font></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; "><br></div></div></body></html>