Klarinet Archive - Posting 000625.txt from 1999/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] School Music Programs
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:17:37 -0400

At 09:31 PM 7/19/1999 -0500, Ed Lacy wrote:
>Today, one of my most promising private students told me that she can no
>longer take lessons, because she is required to be at marching band
>rehearsal EIGHT HOURS PER DAY!!!! They rehearse from 7:30 a.m. until
>12:30 p.m., and then again from 6:30 to 9:30 in the evening.
>
>Naturally, none of this has anything to do with music. They have already
>memorized all the music (about 13 minutes in length) which they will be
>playing from now until mid-November.
>
>This is insanity.
>
I am a staunch a supporter of marching band as anyone, but you are right!
Maybe one week of intense summer band camp like this, but otherwise any
more than two hours a day indicates a serious misplacement of priorities.
Eight hours is considerably longer than they spend in class! I suspect
they will have one incredibly perfect band show, but I fail to see how that
is better for their musical or general development than doing the show
merely quite well and spending the rest of the time on other studies, or
perhaps having a LIFE!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
451 Old Orchard Drive http://www.concentric.net/~bhausman
Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html
ICQ UIN 4862265

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

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