Word: geilfuss
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Critics of group instruction dismiss it as mere gimmickry that de-emphasizes discipline and overlooks outstanding individual talents. When Joan Geilfuss, a Pace student, divided her group classes in Charleston, S.C., into teams to liven things up, traditionalists spoke scornfully of her "piano parties." But Joan could scarcely have cared less. Last year not one of her 35 students dropped out, although the estimated dropout rate for children who take up piano playing in the U.S. is over 30% after the first year...