SKU: HL.124967
One Tough Teacher and
the Gift of Great
Expectations. Book.
Biography / Music Bisac,
String Reference, Teacher
Resource. Hardcover. 352
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.124967).
ISBN 9781401324667.
UPC: 884088986100.
6.0x8.5x1.036 inches.
Joanne Lipman and Melanie
Kupchynsky.
If
you're lucky, somewhere
in your past is that one
person who changed your
life forever. The one who
pushed you to dream
bigger and to reach
higher, and who set you
straight on what matters
in life. For Joanne
Lipman and Melanie
Kupchynsky, that person
was a public-school music
teacher, Jerry
Kupchynsky, known as Mr.
K - a Ukrainian-born
taskmaster who yelled and
stomped and screamed, and
who drove his students
harder than anyone had
ever driven them before.
Through sheer force of
will, he made them better
than they had any right
to be. Strings Attached
tells the inspiring,
poignant, and powerful
story of this remarkable
man, whose life seemed to
conspire against him at
every turn and yet who
was able to transform his
own heartache into
triumph for his students.
Lyrically recounted by
two former students -
acclaimed journalist
Joanne Lipman and Mr. K's
daughter, Chicago
Symphony Orchestra
violinist Melanie
Kupchynsky - Strings
Attached takes you on a
journey that spans from
his days as a forced Nazi
laborer and his later
home life as a husband to
an invalid wife, to his
heart-breaking search for
his missing daughter,
Melanie's sister. This is
an unforgettable tale - a
captivating narrative
that is as absorbing as
fiction - about the power
of a great teacher, but
also about the legacy
that remains long after
the last note has faded
into silence: lessons in
resilience, excellence,
and tough love.
For Melanie
