Klarinet Archive - Posting 000907.txt from 1999/07

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] school music programs(kinda defending corps too)
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 19:13:42 -0400

At 03:26 PM 7/24/1999 -0500, Roger Garrett wrote:
>>>The really good band/music teacher doesn't have to resort to something as
>>>simple as standing still and quiet - a military approach.
>>
Then I wrote:

>>You cannot possibly be suggesting that teaching marching band students to
>>stand silently at attention is some sort of "military" evil!?
>
Then Roger wrote:
>Didn't say that - I just think that there are better ways of teaching
>students than to resort to a military approach.
>
Apparently our disconnect is over the use of the word "military." To me
"military discipline," as it applies to marching band, merely means
teaching them to stand at attention, be quiet, and listen to and FOLLOW
directions and with appropriate alactrity. If you mean yelling at them
like a cartoon Marine drill sergeant, and allowing seniors to haze
freshmen, which is in NO way "military," then we are in agreement.

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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