Klarinet Archive - Posting 001279.txt from 2000/10

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] A curricular issue
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 18:42:20 -0400

Dear Roger,

Your questions are hard to understand. They seem to be, either elusive, or so
hypothetical that I am having a hard time relating to them. There must be a
particular situation that has you very upset.

As far as taking choir (as an alternative) is concerned, I think all wind
players should be required to sing at some level. Singing helps a wind player
play a wind instrument better. I would also require vocal majors to learn or
to continue playing a wind instrument. Playing wind instruments helps singers
sing better.

rgarrett@-----.edu wrote:

> Ok, here comes a real serious question from me - and I mean it.
>
> Are there ever circumstances when a student at a university who is majoring
> in music should be allowed to elect an ensemble to satisfy their ensemble
> requirement for which they do not participate in the ensemble on their
> major instrument?
>
> A typical example might be: should a flute student who did not make the
> bands or orchestra, either because there are too many flute players that
> semester or because the student was not at the correct level of playing, be
> allowed to take choir for their required ensemble?
>
> Assume that there are no attitudinal problems and that the student does not
> have a learning disability.
>
> Sincerely,
> Roger Garrett
>
> Roger Garrett
> Professor of Clarinet
> Director, Symphonic Winds
> Head, Recording Studio
> Illinois Wesleyan University
> School of Music
> Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
> (309) 556-3268
>
> "A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
> another's."
> Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)
>
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