Welcome to the website for the Pullin Piano Studio!
Inside you will find information on studio life, current semester calendar and student forms. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.
Inside you will find information on studio life, current semester calendar and student forms. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.
August 16th 2019
FOUR more days before the Studio opens!
The revised Private Lesson Schedule is completed; please check it out to make sure I have made all the adjustments asked for. I've decided I need more time to get ready to teach but since that is not going to happen, I've moved into fast mode. Or as fast as my knee will let me. Now, all my students need to get your fingers warmed up and locate your materials from your last lesson. You will need to bring those to your first private lesson the week of August 26th.
Private Lesson Schedule
The Group Lesson Schedule has been set and may be found on this page. This year's Studio enrollment, like last year's, is very secondary heavy so some of the groups are rather lopsided. Due to the Norman Public Schools "Back to School" night, the Monday group lesson has been moved to Tuesday. If your student cannot make his/her time, please let me know as soon as possible.
The Fall Calendar has been set and may be found here. There is also a printable version of the Semester-At-A-Glance Calendar for you to print for your convenience if so desired.
American Organ Institute update:
It is with deep sadness I write of this news. The University of Oklahoma has closed the AOI as of August 15th. The following was written by my colleague, Nolan Reilly, Director of Music and Organist at St. Thomas More Catholic Church here in Norman. He posted this on Facebook yesterday.
"An update on The American Organ Institute at the University of Oklahoma School of Music
This summer, the American Organ Institute received 6.6 million dollars in pledges toward their endowment with further donations promised for the 2020 fiscal year. In addition, a new budget was proposed by the Director of the AOI and the College of Fine Arts Dean that trimmed spending and created a responsible path forward for this program. Despite these positive developments, the University of Oklahoma moved forward with its plan to terminate the organ technology program and the Institute.
Yesterday, four of seven faculty and staff members were terminated. The other three will be terminated at the end of this fiscal year. According to the University's June press release, students in the program would be "taught out," allowing them to graduate as planned. Today, incoming organ technology students were informed that their degree program is no longer being offered and were told to consider a different emphasis or degree program.
To date, Dr. Schwandt has not been able to meet directly with the President. While the University has claimed that this is about money, their rejection of more than $6.5 million dollars suggests that there is something else that is not being discussed.
It is important to remember that this program has roughly 25 students, a 100% job placement record for graduates, can be financially self-sufficient moving into the future, and has the support of some of the most prestigious institutions in the field.
This is bigger than just the American Organ Institute, this is an attack on the arts in our community. This can happen to any program. We need your support.
A group of students, graduates, faculty, staff, and friends are working hard to save this program. Please stay tuned for more information on how you can help. In the meantime, feel free to share this post so that as many people as possible can be a part of this effort.
To our beloved colleagues and students, we are so sorry that this is happening to you. Know that we are not giving up."
This news follows today from another colleague, Clinton Davis at St. Joesph Catholic Church:
"There are students who arrived at OU this week to find their whole major has disappeared, and they should just find something else to do. Thousands of dollars and at least a whole year wasted, and the university is doing NOTHING for them but icing them out, giving them the run around, nothing but silence for this and hype for everything else. I am completely disgusted.
"Can [the OU president] meet with students, parents, or anyone this week, next week, or any time in the future?" "No, I'm sorry, he's just completely booked."
Dr. Schwandt had raised (on top of the $5 million in the past five years) another 6.5 million to keep the program going. In that sum was a $5 mil. grant; the University Administration, in all it's wisdom, turned back the grant.
To say I am heartbroken is to put it mildly even though I realize my emotions are nowhere near those of my colleagues to whom I will have to say goodbye. I grieve for the lost possibility of training new organist/technicians and the music they might have made. There is no other program like it.
Dates to Remember
2019-2020 Academic Year
August 20: Pullin Piano Studio opens
August 20: Norman Public Schools Open
September 2: Labor Day, no lessons
October 9, 10 & 11: Fall Break, studio closed
October 26: NAMTA Fall Festival at the University of Oklahoma
November 27, 28, 29: Thanksgiving Break, studio closed
December 20: Last Day of Fall Semester
January 7: Norman Public Schools open
January 7: Pullin Piano Studio opens
March 16 through 20: Spring Break, studio closed
March 28: OMTA District Achievement Auditions at the University of Oklahoma
May 16 and 18: Spring Recitals
May 15 and 16: 16OMTA STATE Achievement Auditions at the University of Oklahoma
FOUR more days before the Studio opens!
The revised Private Lesson Schedule is completed; please check it out to make sure I have made all the adjustments asked for. I've decided I need more time to get ready to teach but since that is not going to happen, I've moved into fast mode. Or as fast as my knee will let me. Now, all my students need to get your fingers warmed up and locate your materials from your last lesson. You will need to bring those to your first private lesson the week of August 26th.
Private Lesson Schedule
The Group Lesson Schedule has been set and may be found on this page. This year's Studio enrollment, like last year's, is very secondary heavy so some of the groups are rather lopsided. Due to the Norman Public Schools "Back to School" night, the Monday group lesson has been moved to Tuesday. If your student cannot make his/her time, please let me know as soon as possible.
The Fall Calendar has been set and may be found here. There is also a printable version of the Semester-At-A-Glance Calendar for you to print for your convenience if so desired.
American Organ Institute update:
It is with deep sadness I write of this news. The University of Oklahoma has closed the AOI as of August 15th. The following was written by my colleague, Nolan Reilly, Director of Music and Organist at St. Thomas More Catholic Church here in Norman. He posted this on Facebook yesterday.
"An update on The American Organ Institute at the University of Oklahoma School of Music
This summer, the American Organ Institute received 6.6 million dollars in pledges toward their endowment with further donations promised for the 2020 fiscal year. In addition, a new budget was proposed by the Director of the AOI and the College of Fine Arts Dean that trimmed spending and created a responsible path forward for this program. Despite these positive developments, the University of Oklahoma moved forward with its plan to terminate the organ technology program and the Institute.
Yesterday, four of seven faculty and staff members were terminated. The other three will be terminated at the end of this fiscal year. According to the University's June press release, students in the program would be "taught out," allowing them to graduate as planned. Today, incoming organ technology students were informed that their degree program is no longer being offered and were told to consider a different emphasis or degree program.
To date, Dr. Schwandt has not been able to meet directly with the President. While the University has claimed that this is about money, their rejection of more than $6.5 million dollars suggests that there is something else that is not being discussed.
It is important to remember that this program has roughly 25 students, a 100% job placement record for graduates, can be financially self-sufficient moving into the future, and has the support of some of the most prestigious institutions in the field.
This is bigger than just the American Organ Institute, this is an attack on the arts in our community. This can happen to any program. We need your support.
A group of students, graduates, faculty, staff, and friends are working hard to save this program. Please stay tuned for more information on how you can help. In the meantime, feel free to share this post so that as many people as possible can be a part of this effort.
To our beloved colleagues and students, we are so sorry that this is happening to you. Know that we are not giving up."
This news follows today from another colleague, Clinton Davis at St. Joesph Catholic Church:
"There are students who arrived at OU this week to find their whole major has disappeared, and they should just find something else to do. Thousands of dollars and at least a whole year wasted, and the university is doing NOTHING for them but icing them out, giving them the run around, nothing but silence for this and hype for everything else. I am completely disgusted.
"Can [the OU president] meet with students, parents, or anyone this week, next week, or any time in the future?" "No, I'm sorry, he's just completely booked."
Dr. Schwandt had raised (on top of the $5 million in the past five years) another 6.5 million to keep the program going. In that sum was a $5 mil. grant; the University Administration, in all it's wisdom, turned back the grant.
To say I am heartbroken is to put it mildly even though I realize my emotions are nowhere near those of my colleagues to whom I will have to say goodbye. I grieve for the lost possibility of training new organist/technicians and the music they might have made. There is no other program like it.
Dates to Remember
2019-2020 Academic Year
August 20: Pullin Piano Studio opens
August 20: Norman Public Schools Open
September 2: Labor Day, no lessons
October 9, 10 & 11: Fall Break, studio closed
October 26: NAMTA Fall Festival at the University of Oklahoma
November 27, 28, 29: Thanksgiving Break, studio closed
December 20: Last Day of Fall Semester
January 7: Norman Public Schools open
January 7: Pullin Piano Studio opens
March 16 through 20: Spring Break, studio closed
March 28: OMTA District Achievement Auditions at the University of Oklahoma
May 16 and 18: Spring Recitals
May 15 and 16: 16OMTA STATE Achievement Auditions at the University of Oklahoma
Remember, according to Studio Policies: Refunds or credits will not be given for lessons or classes missed or canceled by the student. When the student has a conflict, please notify me as soon as possible. Two days prior notice for school events are necessary to qualify for a makeup lesson.
Illness: If a student does not go to school the day of his lesson due to illness, he/she should NOT come to piano lesson! Parents should notify me of the student’s illness; there will be two makeup days scheduled during the semester for those missed lessons. Lessons madeup for illnesses will be limited to two a semester.
Illness: If a student does not go to school the day of his lesson due to illness, he/she should NOT come to piano lesson! Parents should notify me of the student’s illness; there will be two makeup days scheduled during the semester for those missed lessons. Lessons madeup for illnesses will be limited to two a semester.
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