Klarinet Archive - Posting 001155.txt from 1998/09

From: "Jennifer McKenna" <mai_lin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Marching band
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 17:45:03 -0400

Well said Roger!

Jennifer McKenna
clarinet concentration/music ed major
mai_lin@-----.com

>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 15:52:01 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Marching band
>
>On Tue, 29 Sep 1998 sls2t@-----.edu wrote:
>> Hey
>> all you marching band freaks....we're musicians, not toy
>> soldiers!!! Let's all grow up musically and come to grips with what
music
>> education should really be: following the National Standards in Music
>> Education... Marching band has NO place in the National Standards.
>
>Hmmmmmmm..........an extreme viewpoint. One might argue that athletics
>has no place in the public schools, but that's not life. It is what
>music teachers DO with marching band that leaves very little space for
>inclusion in "national standards."
>
>>The
>> aesthetic result doesn't nearly justify the amount of time and effort
that
>> you speak of investing in marching band.
>
>Depends on which aesthetic results one is aiming for now doesn't it?
>Competitions....yup...you're absolutely correct. Entertainment at a
>football game? You are not realistic regarding the possiblities!
>
>> No longer can wind music in this country afford to sell-out to
>> athletic programs. Why don't choirs and orchestras sell-out to
athletics?
>> It's not traditional...Well, it's time to break the status quo and
face
>> the music---no pun intended.
>
>Well....bands are a mobile ensemble that projects well
outside.....that's
>why strings and choirs don't do it. Marching band can be something
other
>than a "sell-out".........it's just that music teachers don't often
know
>what to do to keep from "selling out" to the athletic department.
>Recognition of music at athletic events as an important part of the
event
>itself is important.......
>
>Roger Garrett
>IWU
>
>
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