GMI and me

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The Global Music Institute (GMI) is a vanguard for music education in New Delhi, India. I am very proud to say I am a benefactor of this outstanding organization, which gives students the opportunity to develop a theoretical understanding of Canada Goose Jackets Outlet Online , performance experience, and general creativity. Simply, GMI wishes to incite, and discover creativity within all the program’s pupils; as well as help students in educating themselves—something I found was extremely successful during my stay as faculty at GMI.

Though I was enrolled as a faculty member during my time at GMI—from September to December—in Delhi, I also learned, for myself, a great deal about life and music. The culture shock alone, within days after arriving in Delhi, was enough to rattle and reorganize Canada Goose Outlet Online the way I perceive the world, and it’s people. I came to a profound realization that people, and students have common aspirations notwithstanding the country they’re from. The students I taught at GMI all desired one simple thing, to learn about music, and the relationship it has to life. My students all remind me of myself, when I was studying music in College, and this realization made it much easier for me to serve as a guide and mentor. In sum, GMI does an excellent job in catering to each student’s individual needs, while indiscriminately representing the whole student body. In more words, GMI allows students to simultaneously study the essentials of music—the essentials being Ear Training, Music Theory, Ensemble Performance, and Basic Keyboard—and any type of music in which the student expresses interest; whether it might be Indian classical music, eastern classical, western classical, jazz, blues, or so on.

I am more than grateful to have so fortuitously had the opportunity to live and teach music at the Global Music Institute in New Delhi, India for the fall semester of 2014. I would both recommend this program to any student, beginner or advanced, that wishes to further their understanding of music, and to gain practical experience in musical performance that could otherwise be very difficult to come across; also, to teachers coming from abroad, this is an incredible opportunity, and it will indubitably change your life forever.

James Hill (GMI Faculty, 2014)