Klarinet Archive - Posting 000350.txt from 1998/04

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: lesson motivation
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 21:22:24 -0400

On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Dee Hays wrote:
> I think you have just hit the nail on the head. Too many times we have music
> teachers focusing on
> trying to win awards (marching, symphonic, solo contests, etc) or impressing the
> community. The net result is students with unbalanced musical development. If
> they focused on the students and what they needed to develop as musicians, the
> awards would come naturally. (You wouldn't have a band director screaming at
> student because the reed broke or a pad fell out as one person on this list
> related.)
>
> Dee Hays
> Canton, SD

Hey, Dee changed her signature.....again!

RG