Origins I (revised): Mea Culpa! The Origins I as posted was inadvertently cut short, and this eliminated some of its content. It has been re-posted here in its (correct) original form.
Thomas Stevens' opinion(s) regarding the genesis of Vacchiano's so-called Rules, specifically how they reflect the influence of the redoubtable George Mager of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with whom Vacchiano studied during his high school years.
These comments, as posted on KZfaq, have been misinterpreted by some viewers as representing excerpts from the video, Thomas Stevens on Musicianship: Vacchiano’s Rules and Beyond. In point of fact, [the] [these] KZfaq offerings are nothing more than a series of informal, prefatory comments intended to provide background information about the soon to be released video on Vacchiano’s so-called Rules.