Should piano accompaniment be treated as simply another SUBJECT in music education?
Absolutely! In the same way students are encouraged in the areas (subjects) of sight-reading, technique, interpretation, memorization, performance, written harmony, etc., creative piano accompaniment skills can be taught & learned. No skill is black & white and success is always relative to what we are dealing with, where we are starting from, what we are comparing to – and always, the disposition and determination of the student and/or teacher.
