Klarinet Archive - Posting 000207.txt from 2002/06

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Teaching the 'students' of today
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 15:42:48 -0400

> <><> One key to reversing the ratio of active musicians to quitters may
> be to encourage teachers to train their private music students to become
> lifetime amateur musicians as the *primary* goal of the lessons, not as
> the booby prize for those who fail to measure up to professional
> standards.

Unless, of course, the student is explicit in their aspiration to
a musical career. The curriculum for a lifetime amateur vs. a bud-
ding professional is (hopefully) different in any given teacher's
studio.

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