Klarinet Archive - Posting 000335.txt from 1996/02

From: Laura Hatfield <laurah@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: Switching Instruments
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 18:33:33 -0500

In my school, the band director doesn't MAKE anyone swith instruments, he
just suggests it. Most people are very eager to take new instruments, so we
don't usually have a problem with it. Our band has great instrumentation,
mostly because we like to try new things.

Laura Hatfield

>I don't think I caught the whole thing, but I caught something about
>teachers not letting students choose their own instrument!!? In high
>school, our teacher moved students around to other instruments that
>he felt he needed more of (usually trombones) from instruments he
>felt he had too many of (usually clarinets). I didn't agree with
>that practice then, and I still don't now. Just because the teacher
>wants an evenly balanced band is a reason to switch instruments?
>Come off it! I know a lot of students that dropped music because the
>teacher put them on a instrument they didn't like! Is this the
>impression of music teachers we want to give? We could probably have
>a lot more musicians out there if some teachers actually listened to
>their students, instead of putting them on an instument "for the good

   
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