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Re: Primary School Band Camp

Author: bill28099
Date: 2007-07-14 14:54

I go to orchestra camp with a group of 12 and up year olds and find the kids are great, dedicated and for the most part well mannered. Maybe it's because of the small town rural farming environment, the kids appreciate a week break from doing chores in 100F weather. Maybe it's because our conductor is just plain good with kids. Maybe it's because there are participating adults mixed into the group. During the winter the student orchestra has two hour rehearsals and things go well until the break when everyone stuffs their faces with cookies and goes on a sugar high. We even go off on weekend retreats with the kids and will play up to 6 hours a day. After 6 hours playing bassoon music on the bass clarinet I'm even inattentive and want to go home.

The music camp and student orchestra will end up supplying some of the string and wind players to the "grown up" orchestra, the orchestra that should really never be.
http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/oregonian/multimedia/index.ssf?SF_11SYMF027

http://kennethwoods.net/files/Round_Up_the_Usual_Suspects.pdf

If you want to be with group of noodling, tardy, inattentive, gabby, inconsiderate "kids", well join the college band I play with.

A great teacher gives you answers to questions
you don't even know you should ask.

Post Edited (2007-07-14 14:55)

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