Author: tree
Date: 2000-01-12 01:53
The following is just me stating my mind....just to warn you
I would just like to say that I find the whole competitveness of all of these all-state things incredibly ridiculous and out of hand. All that all-state is to me, is a week where a bunch of high schoolers get together, and try to "out do" eachother. Some of my friends at college went to one high school all state competition this november and said some of it was crazy with competition! When it comes to the grand scheme of things in high school music, I found that if you keep a competitve-free mind, you can improve by leaps and bounds by working on smaller things that will pay off in the long run.
On a side note, one of the most painful things I have seen at local competitions for all-counties and area all-states, are the little boys and girls in oerhaps 5th or 6th grade that come out of their performance in tears because they got a poor grade. At such a young age, should parents and teachers already be putting a competitive urge into their children's minds? I believe that not until later in high school, should the competitveness be emphasized a little more often. An this emphasis should only occur if the young musician has decided that they want to pursue music. Teachers who work with young students should work with students on how to play to THEIR best potential, NOT what some judge believes to be is their best potential. I learned much more from my past teachers who have left competition out of my musical growth than from my teachers who always said "Well te judge will want to hear it this way......"
The musicians who seem, to me, to excel the most are the ones who were taught to play confidently, and to ignore competition.This is just my opinion, but I think that the competiveness thing in young musicians has gotten way out of hand
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