Klarinet Archive - Posting 000095.txt from 1998/10

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Marching Band
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 04:15:33 -0400

Perhaps they don't go on because they're not likely to make a living out
of music.
Roger Shilcock

On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Roger Garrett wrote:

> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 12:09:39 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
> Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Marching Band
>
> On Thu, 1 Oct 1998 reedman@-----.com wrote:
> > I have gone to the TMEA convention in San Antonio, Texas for the past
> > five years and I am amazed at the incredible level of participation that the
> > schools experience wih music. It is not uncommon for a school of 500 to have
> > 200 kids in the music program! Most of the kids participate in the marching
> > bands which are huge because the athletic programs are huge. In this case
> > music has benefited from sports. Not the usual case in the real world!
> >
> > Most of these kids will probably not continue with music past high
> > school, but this tactile/emotional/personal contact with music is what
> > creates music lovers of the future. We desperatley need that in this country
>
> Nice concert last night Clark!
>
> With all due respect, I feel that the tail is wagging the dog here.
> 99.9% of the students don't continue because they were not inspired to by
> their music teachers. Perhaps they spent too much time socializing and
> not enough learning why music exists in the public schools. Yes, marching
> band is important - yes it is a good social outlet, no - it is not what
> creates music lovers in the future - it is what shapes thoughts and
> feelings of students regarding their opinions about what music is....and
> it shouldn't be marching band.
>
> BTW, 99.9% is not real accurate. Of the students at the high school level
> who continue to college, the number is more like 84% do not continue.
>
> Roger Garrett
> IWU
>
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