Klarinet Archive - Posting 001230.txt from 2004/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] not just the music department
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 15:12:46 -0500

At 08:54 PM 3/20/2004 +0000, Rupert Kahn wrote:
>I wish you would explain what I misunderstood in the post I responded to. I
>havn't read every post in this thread, because the list is so busy recently,
>but I did read Dave Blumbergs original post and then your reponse which said
>amen to it. (Though I'll accept that this was followed with a more positive
>statement). Perhaps you misunderstood Dave Blumberg.
>
>But as far as I can tell you are off with the Six Sillies again seeing all
>the problems and none of the solutions or opportunities. It's clear from
>the original post that we are not talking about someone who is blind but
>someone who is partially sighted. I mentioned Stevie Wonder only to make
>the (blindingly) obvious point that perfect eyesight and musical ability
>are not correlated. But you persist with a combination of the worst
>case/toughest call for a blind person situation. Talented musicians with
>very limited sight or who are blind may never get a job in a symphony
>orchestra, but thats not to say that they won't be able to contribute to a
>school music program or benifit from it and also aspire to a career based in
>music. My guess is that school music programs would collapse without
>students who were unlikely to get jobs in symphony orchestras.

To quote MYSELF from the referenced post: "Clearly you HAVE misunderstood,
since I have been speaking IN FAVOR OF accommodating the students'
individual limitations. I think that is clear enough.

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!

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