Klarinet Archive - Posting 000215.txt from 2010/06

From: Lora Crighton <lcrighton@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music verses Sport
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:34:40 -0400

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 7:36 PM, Williams, Kathy
<Kathy.Williams@-----.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Perhaps it is my wry Australian sense of humour, but while I was watching a game of Rugby League live at the ground, where my team played abominably and lost, not helped by appalling refereeing, it set me to wondering, why is it that a sportman can make a miriad of mistakes in a game/match, and still have a job the next week, yet if an orchestral musican, or perhaps soloist, makes only a couple of mistakes in a concert, they are shown the door? Music and sport are both forms of entertainment, yet there seems such an inequality. I would welcome more discussion on this issue.
>

Reminds me of an interesting talk by Jack Stamp where he starts off by
comparing sports to band.
why music matters - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw4vqll9cAM

--
"let your weeds lack dew and duly starve."
_______________________________________________
Klarinet mailing list
Klarinet@-----.com
http://klarinet-list.serve-music.com