"DEMAM PANGGUNG, SIAPA TAKUT?!" - by: Jelia Megawati Heru (Staccato, October 2013)

"DEMAM PANGGUNG, SIAPA TAKUT?!"

by: Jelia Megawati Heru

Artikel Staccato (October 2013)

sumber: fearless selling

“Aduh… Oh, no…. Mati deh gue!
Napas gue kok sesak, serasa jantung mau copot!
Perut mual, kepala serasa mau pecah!
Tangan gue kok jadi basah dan dingin begini?
Satu badan gemetaran, serasa pengen lari saja!
Pasti nanti gue mainnya kacau dan jelek,
nanti kalau salah gimana dong, duh! Kiamat deh!”

Sounds familiar? Pernahkah Anda mengalami gejala-gejala “panic attack” seperti ini? Well, you’re not alone! Siapapun dapat mengalaminya. Demam panggung bukan hanya dialami oleh seorang amatir saja, tetapi juga musisi profesional, aktor broadway, penari, atlet, olahragawan, tokoh politik, presenter, seorang guru, atau bahkan seorang anak kecil.

APA ITU DEMAM PANGGUNG?

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"AWAL MENGAJAR MURID PEMULA" - by: Jelia Megawati Heru (Artikel Staccato, September 2013)

"AWAL MENGAJAR MURID PEMULA"

Oleh: Jelia Megawati Heru

Artikel Staccato, September 2013

Mayoritas anak memulai studi musik instrumen pada usia tujuh sampai sembilan tahun. Hal ini sejalan dengan perkembangan kemampuan motorik halusnya (fine motor skills) dan kegiatan/pengalaman anak di sekolah dasar, dimana mereka telah mempelajari cara membaca alphabet, kalimat, dan menulis sebelum membaca notasi balok. Menunda studi musik instrumen sampai anak berumur dua belas tahun ke atas akan banyak menimbulkan masalah, dimana motorik halus anak sudah terlampau kaku, anak akan sulit untuk diajak kerja sama, mengikuti instruksi guru dan mulai mudah bosan dengan metode pembelajaran bagi pemula, seperti halnya anak berumur tujuh tahun. 

INTRODUCTION LESSON

Banyak hal yang perlu dipertimbangkan pada masa awal pembelajaran murid pemula – mulai dari umur yang bervariasi (pra-sekolah, sekolah dasar, remaja, dewasa) kondisi fisik, motorik, karakter anak, hingga metode, kurikulum dan filosofi mengajar yang berbeda-beda. Sehingga seorang guru perlu mengadakan suatu wawancara kecil atau interview yang disebut sebagai “INTRODUCTION LESSON” sebelum memulai studi musik instrumen yang sebenarnya untuk mengumpulkan informasi dalam menentukan metode yang tepat untuk calon murid tsb.

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"THE MUSEUM WEEK 2013: New Way of Exploring Museum"

"THE MUSEUM WEEK 2013:

NEW WAY OF EXPLORING MUSEUM"
by: Jelia Megawati Heru

foto: infojkt

"A great nation learns from its history."

Preserving our history for future generations is essential for us

to understand who we are as a nation.

- Jusuf Wanandi -

(Director of the Jakarta Post)

"The Museum Week 2013" diselenggarakan pada tanggal 27 Agustus - 1 September 2013 di Senayan City Mall. Bertepatan dengan peringatan 30 tahun surat kabar "The Jakarta Post", acara ini terselenggara sebagai salah satu bentuk kepedulian media untuk memajukan museum di Indonesia dan meningkatkan kecintaan masyarakat terhadap museum. Acara ini terselenggara berkat kerjasama Dinas Pariwisata dan Kebudayaan DKI Jakarta dan Komunitas Historia Indonesia, dengan kurator Asep Hambali (pendiri Komunitas Historia Indonesia) dan Yudi Wanandi (kurator desain).

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"EXCUSES FOR PIANO LESSONS" by Jelia Megawati Heru (Staccato, August 2013)

“EXCUSES FOR PIANO LESSONS”

By: Jelia Megawati Heru

Artikel STACCATO (Agustus 2013)

“Maaf, saya tidak sempat latihan karena saya terlalu sibuk”

“Maaf, saya lupa membawa buku saya”

“Saya ketinggalan buku saya di tempat les Inggris”

“Maaf, saya ada keperluan mendadak. Apakah les piano nya boleh diganti ke hari lain?”

“Maaf, anak saya ada pelajaran tambahan karena besok dia ada ulangan matematika, 

saya lupa info. Apakah les nya bisa diganti ke hari lain?”

“Maaf, saya datang terlambat, tapi Anda tidak keberatan untuk menambah waktunya kan?”

“Maaf, orang tua saya sedang bekerja di luar kota. Saya tidak tahu kapan mereka kembali.

Apakah uang les nya bisa dibayar di bulan depan?”

“Saya sekeluarga akan pergi berlibur selama 1 bulan. Untuk sementara tidak les dulu ya.”

 

Apakah Anda familiar dengan beberapa kalimat diatas? 

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HISTORY BEHIND THE NOKIA TUNE

HISTORY BEHIND THE NOKIA TUNE

 

Tárrega and the Nokia Ringtone

The Nokia ringtone is probably the world's most heard and recognized tune. Ever. And it will probably continue to be so for a long time. The melody used as a ringtone (jingle) in Nokia mobile phones, called as “Nokia Tune”. This tune, which you have heard nineteen times this week, goes something like: “yada da da, yada da da, yada da da daah.” Derived from bars 13-16 of Gran Vals by Francisco Tárrega (from 1902). 

On September 4, 2007, Nokia received U.S. Trademark Registration No. 3,288,274 for "a sound comprising a C eighth note, E flat eight note, B flat eighth note, G quarter note, C eighth note and C quarter note." The last note is different from the original. Nokia changed the last note of the phrase to give it a sense of completeness, so the phrase is said to 'resolve' itself. This allows it to stand alone as a musical statement or idea.

Listen to the real Tarrega "Grand Waltz" in guitar: 

Known as "The Sarasate of the Guitar," Tárrega is considered to have laid the foundations for 20th century classical guitar and for increasing interest in the guitar as a recital instrument. Andrés Segovia used much of Tárrega's work when he took classical guitar into concert halls of Europe.

Nokia Commercial TV Ad (1995)

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JS. BACH "The Coffee Cantata"

JS. BACH “THE COFFEE CANTATA”

"Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love."

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand (1754-1838)

speaking of the perfect cup of coffee.

"Without my morning coffee I'm just like a dried up piece of roast goat."

"Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, 
sweeter than muscatel wine!

I must have my coffee..."

(1732, an aria from Lieschen in Bach's "Kaffee-Kantate")

How Bach managed to write such beautiful (and intense) music with shaky, caffeine-addled hands is a mystery, but it's a good thing he did: Nicknamed "The Coffee Cantata," is a comedic love note to the one of the German composer's favorite beverages, penned (one assumes during sleepless nights) between 1732 and 1734.

Bach owned a few coffee makers and was a big coffee lover himself. The consumption of this beverage was apparently illegal during Bach's time, since the profits for its sales went to foreign hands, as opposed to the profits for beer sales, which would stay in Germany, so the King was rightfully upset about people drinking coffee.

"Die Katze läßt das Mausen nicht"
by Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

"The Coffee Cantata", is actually more a mini comic opera, but is classified as a secular cantata. It tells the story of Schlendrian, whose daughter Lieschen is addicted to coffee. He eventually forbids her to marry unless she gives up coffee, but as he is out searching for a husband for her, she tells her suitors that she will only marry them if they allow her to drink coffee!

In an effort to rid his daughter of the evil drink, he progressively forbids her her luxuries. Lieschen refuses to give it up, saying that coffee is “more delicious than a thousand kisses, and sweeter than muscatel wine”. It is only when Schlendrian refuses to allow her to marry that she relents. But even then, as the father goes off to find a husband, Lieschen reveals that she will make it a part of the marriage contract that she be allowed her three cups a day.

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FOR THE LOVE OF COFFEE MUSIC

FOR THE LOVE OF COFFEE MUSIC

For coffee lovers, life begins after a cup of coffee.

"I orchestrate my mornings to the tune of coffee.

Hot coffee and cold winter mornings are two of the best soul mates 

who ever did find each other." 

Terri Guillemets

"You're the Cream in My Coffee" - Nat King Cole

 

"He was my cream, and I was his coffee -
And when you poured us together, it was something."
Josephine Baker

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Western Parenting Vs Eastern Parenting (part 2)

WESTERN PARENTING 
VS 
EASTERN PARENTING

(part two)

"BATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOTHER"

Anda pernah membaca buku Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother? Karya Amy Chua ini merupakan best seller tengah yang menjadi perbincangan warga dunia. Dalam memoarnya, ibu dari Sophia (18 tahun) dan Louisa (14 tahun) itu menceritakan kesuksesan serta kesalahan yang dibuatnya dalam mengasuh anak dengan gaya tradisional Cina. Orang tua Cina memang terkenal otoriter. Kedisiplinan dan kerja keras demi menggapai sukses mereka pertahankan di manapun berada. “Ini menjadi nilai yang diakui bersama oleh warga Cina,” jelas sosiolog Erna Karim. 

Excerpt from the book 

"Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother"

Sophie Chua at Carnegie Hall

Di satu sisi, Amy mendapat acungan jempol atas hasil pengasuhannya. Di usia 14 tahun, jemari si sulung, Sophia, lincah menari-nari di atas tuts piano di Carnegie Hall. Sedangkan, adiknya, Louisa memainkan biola tanpa sedikitpun nada sumbang. Seolah memenuhi tuntutan sang bunda, keduanya juga tampil sebagai jagoan akademik.

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Eastern Parenting Vs Western Parenting

EASTERN PARENTING

VS

WESTERN PARENTING

Despite our squeamishness about cultural stereotypes, there are tons of studies out there showing marked and quantifiable differences between Chinese and Westerners when it comes to parenting. 

In one study of 50 Western American mothers and 48 Chinese immigrant mothers, almost 70% of the Western mothers said either that "stressing academic success is not good for children" or that "parents need to foster the idea that learning is fun." By contrast, roughly 0% of the Chinese mothers felt the same way. Instead, the vast majority of the Chinese mothers said that they believe their children can be "the best" students, that "academic achievement reflects successful parenting," and that if children did not excel at school then there was "a problem" and parents "were not doing their job." Other studies indicate that compared to Western parents, Chinese parents spend approximately 10 times as long every day drilling academic activities with their children. By contrast, Western kids are more likely to participate in sports teams.

CHINESE & WESTERN PARENTAL MIND-SETS

There are three big differences between the Chinese and Western parental mind-sets:

First, Western parents are extremely anxious about their children's self-esteem. 

They worry about how their children will feel if they fail at something, and they constantly try to reassure their children about how good they are notwithstanding a mediocre performance on a test or at a recital. In other words, Western parents are concerned about their children's psyches. Chinese parents aren't. They assume strength, not fragility, and as a result they behave very differently.

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Friendly Video Guide to Famous Classical Composer

FRIENDLY VIDEO GUIDE 

to FAMOUS CLASSICAL COMPOSER

MOZART, BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN, BACH, BRAHMS, TCHAIKOVSKY & VERDI

Do you love Classical Music and don't know where to start?

 

At last, there's some short video and friendly one for the non-classical music lovers, 

that shows some facts about the famous classical composer of all time.

Thanks to Classic FM! 

Beethoven

Tchaikovsky

for watching more, please visit Classic FM!

There's also some visual facts and pictures facts 

about the history of the composer in the timeline, according the era.

Really great website and helpful to appreciate Classical Music more...

Here's some interesting articles:

Classical Music inspired by rain

Classical Music inspired by fire 

Inspiring Composer Quotes

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