Today’s post is a quick update on last week’s post, in which I got very upset with Alfred’s music for beginner piano teaching materials that are pretty insensitive at best and racist at worst.
I got a response the day after I sent that, and thought I would share it here:
I’m glad they responded, but I still won’t be using their books until they fix these issues, and I look forward to seeing how they continue to improve in the future. Although I can tell this isn’t a form letter, I also don’t have any way of knowing how seriously my complaint was taken. If you’re a music teacher and this also annoys you, I encourage you to write your own letter or feel free to use mine as a template and include as much of it as you like. The more complaints they get, the faster they’re likely to make more serious improvements.
Edith Wilson 