Klarinet Archive - Posting 000337.txt from 2004/03

From: "noone nonya" <klarinets@------.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Libby Larsen Interview
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:29:45 -0500

I agree with Joe, most defenetly today teens, (mostly anyways) do not have
parents that hand them a clarinet the minute they are born... a clarinet is
not an instrument like a piano where a child can start learning at an early
age. Suzuki for example, is a method of teaching in which a child gets
involved with music at an early age, mostly arround 3 years old. It is based
on the idea that if a child learns to speak because his/her parents teach
them from day one, then the same can be said about music.

it is when a child becomes a teen that he/she is exposed to these kinds of
instruments, and that is why teaching in ensembles is the best way. It is a
teacher's job to encorage promising young musicians to take private leasons
where they can learn to play other forms like you said.

Teens may not be very prone to be dedicated to their music playing, which
may be a reason why you'd like to weed out some students and give more
specialized attention. but again unless the school is very rich and can
afford private tutors for each promising student, there really is no
alternate to ensembles.

unless of course the school is willing to create a few soundproof booths for
the students to play in and then have the teacher call them out according to
her schedule... but that seems a lil too expensive... at least i think so

Dave

>From: Joe Fasel <jhf@------.gov>
>Reply-To: klarinet@------.org
>To: klarinet@------.org
>Subject: Re: [kl] Libby Larsen Interview
>Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 15:11:38 -0700
>
> > >Music is taught primarily in ensembles, which ignores forms that are
> > >done by only one or a few people. [But how can this be taught in
> > >schools? How can we involve everyone other than in ensembles?]
>
>There is an important point here, but perhaps an overriding one is
>that teenagers are very social creatures. Band, orchestra, and chorus
>are important to these kids socially as well as musically. That this
>is the way so many kids are introduced to music is only natural.
>Perhaps we shouldn't fight that.
>
>Joseph H. Fasel, Ph.D. email: jhf@------.gov
>Systems Planning and Analysis phone: +1 505 667 7158
>University of California fax: +1 505 667 2960
>Los Alamos National Laboratory post: D-2 MS F609; Los Alamos, NM
>87545
>
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