Klarinet Archive - Posting 000193.txt from 1998/09

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Teaching Lessons
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 13:42:37 -0400

At 09:32 AM 9/6/98 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
>On Sun, 6 Sep 1998, Robert D. Shaw wrote:
>> I remember a couple of summers ago sending one of my students off
to band
>> camp. She made second chair, first band(out of eight bands!) as a
sophomore.
>> She decided to take a couple of lessons during the week from the clarinet
>> instructor there who had a high reputation as a fine clarinetist. The
day after
>> her first lesson she called me in tears feeling frustrated and like a
failure.
>> It took several weeks for her to get her confidence back after that
experience.
>> Thank God she did great and made all-state a few months later.
>
>This is a sad, but often true story..........I felt badly just reading
>about your student.
>
>A fine clarinet player does not always make a fine teacher. The best
>combination is if the fine teacher is also a fine clarinet player.
>
AMEN!!!!!! And that is ESPECIALLY true in school band directors! They
must be good TEACHERS first.

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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