Klarinet Archive - Posting 000115.txt from 2006/04

From: "lora crighton" <lcrighton@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Business aspects of music performance & education
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:21:58 -0400

On 4/15/06, sarah elbaz <sarah@-----.com> wrote:

> ? Are we going to be so selfish as to put
> > non-survival skills on the same level as skills necessary to function =
in
> > society?There's been decades of neglect that, unfortunately, require a=
bit
> > of overdo to set right.
> >
> I am surprised that you call music a non-survival skill - for many musici=
ans it is a mater of survival.
>

For me it is not really a survival skill - I have a boring office job
which pays the bills - but it is one of the things that makes life
worth living. Functioning in society is about more than being able to
read and handle your finances. Equally important is being able to
understand the culture that you are part of, and you can't really do
that without some education in music and the other arts.

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