This & That

The following specialists comment on how they would address the problem of transfer students who arrive with a high level of playing ability but far less reading ability: (1) Marvin Blickenstaff from The New School for Music Study in Kingston, New Jersey; (2) Barbara Fast, piano chair and professor of piano pedagogy; (3) Julie Knerr, who teaches piano to students of all ages at her home studio in Windsor, Connecticut; (4) Gary Kowalchyk and E. L. Lancaster, piano faculty members at California State University, Northridge; and (5) Pamels D. Pike, author of the book "Dynamic Group-Piano Teaching" and a piano teacher.