Australia's University of Melbourne houses a large center of higher-level piano education and research. Comprising a salaried staff of five —one professor, two associate professors, and two lecturers 1—and some twelve sessional instructors, its student cohort across all available programs generally numbers between 150 and 2...

EDITOR'S NOTE: As a new resident to Australia and having recently joined the faculty at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, I am naturally quite eager to learn about music education in this region of the world. What common denominators exist between the United States and Australia, and which differing approaches are intr...

I remember well standing backstage in Kansas City in the 1970s after a recital of the French soprano Régine Crespin and hearing her admonish an over-eager admirer who gushed that her Carmen was the best since the immortal Calve. "Comparisons are odious," Crespin said with grandeur." I wish to be considered unique in all things." But to educato...