Sheilah Glover, KPFA radio in
San Francisco , proclaimed:
"Gary's
teaching method is unique and potent.
Students learn at an astounding
pace. . . .He gets to the core
of the creative process with joy,
insight, and a reverence for clarity.
He is simply the best teacher of anything in
the San Francisco Bay Area." |
Terry Riley - Composer, Recording artist,
Educator, commenting on "The Gary Marks
Piano Method."
". .. . I very much
like this method's visual orientation
to the keyboard, and the way it simultaneously
develops 'free play' with structured
exercises. In my view this is the first
and last lesson for all musicians: we
have to keep open to our raw creativity
but at the same time really understand
the mechanics of what we are doing. I
think the book has a perfect balance
between the two. I congratulate Gary
on this amazing achievement."
Amy Manderino -Bay Area piano teacher /
performer
"I first came
to Gary looking to increase my own personal
playing skills. After a few months I
was so amazed at his overall teaching
method that I abandoned the traditional
ways I had spent years trying to learn
and even began teaching his method. There
is no reading notation in the entire
course. The ability of the method itself
to teach an average student scales, chords,
improvisation and reading chord charts
at lightening speed, is something I'm
still in awe of, even after teaching
it for more than a decade.”
Arthur Hills - Chairman of the Music Dept.
Sonoma State University, Northern California
"Gary's students
are uniformly enthusiastic about his
fresh approaches. He has created numerous
ingenious games and exercises to help
the brain memorize and retain information,
and consistently helps his students overcome
obstacles. . ..” |
