Klarinet Archive - Posting 000628.txt from 1999/07

From: Rachael Gillett <witch58@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] School Music Programs
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:39:07 -0400

--- Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com> wrote:
> 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!
>
.....LIFE...I have no Idea what that is!!!!!!!!
sorry, but soo true, I love it but it is
extrEEMely time consuming!!!! heaven forbid we
take hard classes, then life is nothing but a
fantasy!
>
> 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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