Klarinet Archive - Posting 000553.txt from 2003/04
From: "Buckman, Nancy" <nebuckman@-----.edu>
Subj: RE: [kl] Questioning Authority
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 00:38:09 -0400
Sam,
Ask if there is the possibility of doing independent study for credit =
with an outside teacher. Most schools worth there salt allow this sort =
of thing where they can't provide for an individual's needs. We do it =
here at the community college where I teach all the time. You might =
even take theses e-mails to your department head and show him/her what =
the list members have to say. It certainly can't hurt. I wouldn't let =
someone who doesn't even play the instrument teach an elementary school =
student, let alone someone who's working toward a degree. That's pure =
folly. You can always transfer to another school too. Not the ideal =
solution either, but it can be done.
Nancy
Nancy E. Buckman, Technical Assistant
School of Health Professions, Wellness and Physical Education
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD 21012-1895 USA
Phone 410-777-2316 Fax 410-777-2233
E-mail nebuckman@-----.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Samantha McDaniel [mailto:jupitertc@-----.com]
Subject: [kl] Questioning Authority
I think I will take Bill's advice, and question authority for a bit. =
I've=20
actually have in the back of my mind for quite sometime.
My situation is this: I attend a fairly small (about 4,500) private=20
university in the middle of nowhere North Carolina. I am the only =
clarinet=20
student in the music department (there are probably 40-50 students total =
in=20
the department). The school can not afford a clarinet professor, a=20
saxophone professor, and an oboe professor, or so they say they can not=20
afford them. So they have hired a doubler to teach all three =
instruments,=20
who's primary instrument is saxophone and secondary instrument is oboe.
Don't get me wrong about doublers, I think they are awesome musicians. =
And=20
I like my teacher very much. However, lately I question her knowledge =
of=20
the clarinet. I have NEVER heard her play clarinet, and she actually=20
encouraged me to get a new clarinet (for those who haven't read some of =
the=20
previous posts, I play a Leblanc Concerto). I feel like I have not =
achieved=20
anything in my playing, and that I have been playing the same way for =
the=20
past two or three years.
I have told the head of the music department REPEATLY that I would =
rather=20
have a clarinet player teach me then a doubler. However, since I am the =
only clarinet major, the school does not see the need for a clarinet=20
professor. What should I do? I thought about taking outside lessons, =
but=20
then I would be paying that person PLUS the person who is currently =
teaching=20
me. Any advice would be sufficent.
Sorry for the length of this email, but you guys seem to know best :)
~SAM~
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