Piano Guild
"The Piano Guild champions the Piano as the King of Instruments by raising the art of Piano-Playing to a position of paramount importance in the Public Eye, thus deserving and receiving the support of the better teachers and their pupils everywhere."
Silvio Scionti, Mus. Doc, formerly with North Texas State College
Some Unique Features of the Guild
There are several points that give the Guild its unique strength.
· No competition. Each student plays against par for his level, but never competes against another student.
· There is no required program for any age (except for Diplomas and Special Medal programs).
· There is no age limit; three and four-year olds may enter, as well as adults of all ages.
· No publishing house is favored (all editions of all publishers are equally acceptable).
· Any style of technique is permissible.
This feature of teacher-members who are sufficiently outstanding to be selected to go about the country as judges, and yet willing to put their pupils in the auditions to be evaluated by other judges, shows the fine sportsmanship and esprit de corps that knits to Guild so closely together and makes it what it is.
Also, in many centers there is a further opportunity for the judges to meet the teachers whose pupils they adjudicate. Such an occasion presents itself when the local chairs arrange dinners or other forms of "get-togethers" which the judge attends, not as an outsider, but with a feeling akin to an alumnus at a college affair, a fraternal feeling. This is a strong point in the make-up of the Guild.
"Piano-playing is an ideal, all-weather, lifetime hobby or a profitable profession."