Klarinet Archive - Posting 000385.txt from 2000/04

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music Education = Academic Achievement
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 22:06:22 -0400

--- "Kevin Fay (LCA)" <kevinfay@-----.com> wrote:

> . . . so we took an informal poll. While certainly not a statistically
> valid sample, I thought it most interesting that fifty-two percent of the
> review's editors had played clarinet in their high school band. Note -- not
> just any instrument, but CLARINET.

Oh, I don't know if this (above) really goes any distance toward substantiating
the notion that musicians in specific turn out to be more academically gifted.
I've been remarking to myself for years and years about how many people, just in
general, turn out to have played the clarinet at some point during their lives.
It's absolutely uncanny. I actually feel confident enough to walk into any given
room and get a majority of the hands raised if I ask the "clarinet question."

Try it & see!

-- Neil

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