Klarinet Archive - Posting 000504.txt from 2001/07

From: "Hally Man" <afrohally@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Another musician honoured!
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 00:39:16 -0400

Catering to students wants is certainly one way to go about it, and I think
in the long run it inspires a greater love for the instrument in the
student. However, there are problems with this. For instance, the bass
player at my school finished last year, and when we went to the bass teacher
for suggestions as to his replacement, we were astonished to learn that not
only do his students not play much else than Korn, that not one of them is
capable of reading real music, only tab. Surely a line must be drawn
somewhere.

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>From: AnneLenoir@-----.net (Anne Lenoir)
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Another musician honoured!
>Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 08:51:16 -0600 (MDT)
><snip>
> Tony, I personally enjoy arranging certain popular tunes for my
>students. Although I don't care for Celine Dion's singing at all, I have
>made a gorgeous arrangement of the TITANIC THEME, and my students love
>playing it. You've heard my arrangement. Do you really disapprove of
>teaching kids melodies of popular tunes? I even printed up my
>arrangement on cute stationery with fishes on the bottom (no dead
>bodies). Don't you think that it's possible for some teachers to be
>effective teaching both popular and classical music? At the store where
>I teach, many students are taking clarinet lessons one day, volleyball
>the next. I have rarely lost a student. I suppose I am catering to them,
>but I want them to continue and get good. I do have a beautiful picture
>of Jon Manasse in my studio, and I play his CD's all the time for my
>kids. I personally don't play any Kenny G for my saxophone students. His
>picture is not allowed in my studio. ANNIE
>
>
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