Klarinet Archive - Posting 000736.txt from 2001/05

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: RE: [kl] Band Geeks
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 11:53:53 -0400

At 10:03 AM 05/27/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>In the same way that I played sports and clarinet, so does my daughter. In
>the same way that I was pretty good at both, so is she. There is room for
>both. I know that this post does not address the issue of funding for music
>in schools, but it made me feel better to write it.
>
>Marty

Yes - there is room for both. And if possible, kids should be involved in
both - they shouldn't have to decide between one or the other.

My boys are involved in athletics and music as I was. I was a four-year
letterman in three different sports - Waterpolo, swimming, and track. I
loved it - it also applied to my music/practice. I don't think I would
have developed my playing without those extracurricular activities.

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Clarinet Professor
Director, Symphonic Winds
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
Phone: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3121

"A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes
another's."
Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825)

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