Klarinet Archive - Posting 000606.txt from 2002/12

From: "Forest E. Aten Jr." <forestaten@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Happy New Year / support music in the Community
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:22:53 -0500

Stacy-Michelle,

A great suggestion. I've been involved with these kinds of efforts for years
in the Dallas/Ft.Worth area.

http://www.texaswinds.org

Playing clarinet is what I do....and that is what I can give back to the
community the easiest...

Happy New Year.

Forest

> Hi everyone. I don't get to the list too often, but I
> wanted to wish everyone a safe, prosperous, and
> musically lucrative New Year.
>
> I also wanted to take this time to encourage all of
> you to dedicate some time to the community and to
> children in 2003 and beyond. It doesn't take many
> hours a week, to bring a smile to a child's face by
> performing the Cat theme from "Peter and the Wolf" or
> the clarinet solo of "Bolero" or even have children
> create a language arts story to the second movement of
> Stravinsky's "Three Pieces" Many schools are facing
> severe cutbacks in the arts, especially music. There
> are communities that lack teaching artists in their
> after-school programs, or even organizations such as
> ARTSTART (http://www.art-start.org)that provide
> homeless children with musical, media, and other arts
> opportunities.
>
> This area of playing and presenting music may not be
> the most financially rewarding, but the positive
> difference you may make in a community or child is
> immeasurable.
>
>
>
> =====
> Stacy-Michelle Valentine
> http://clarinetvibe.com
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClassicallyBlack
>
> "Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you
don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a
boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art." -
Charlie Parker
>
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