Klarinet Archive - Posting 001317.txt from 2000/10

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] A curricular issue
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 22:15:07 -0400

Roger, I want to say one other thing:

The word "competition" keeps coming up. Excessive competition
breeds misfits, paranoia, depression and "ends justify the means"
thinking.
Art (of any sort) is just as much for the sake of exploration and
discovery and fulfillment and pleasure as it is for the sake of winning.
Sometimes the emphasis on competition seems especially ridiculous
to me when I ask myself: "What are they competing for? The right to be
underpaid?" -- which is generally true of both the arts and education.

I hope I'm not offending anyone when I say that there is altogether
too much competition in musical education for my taste. That's not
what music is about.

Cheers,
Bill

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