Author: Dan Shusta
Date: 2016-10-09 01:04
Philip Caron wrote: "Are these kinds of music organizations going to continue in this country indefinitely? Seems like each succeeding generation has less interest in "classical" music."
dorjepismo responded with "As long as most of the culture isn't interested in the music, yes."
I'm pretty sure we've been down this road before, so, what I'm about to write is certainly not new by any means.
As I look upon the entire picture, to me, it all boils down to "economics" at the "local level". How can a child get any interest in classical music when school music programs are being cut at what seems like an alarming rate due to decreased school funding which usually is a result of decreased tax revenues which, I believe, is due to the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs across the country.
In band, there is "exposure" to various instruments and a possible exposure to classical music depending upon the director.
Why does it always seem that band and drama classes are cut first when there is a budget crunch? Personally, I've never really liked history classes. I don't think my future would have been at a severe disadvantage if they decided to eliminate history classes and kept band going instead.
IMO, exposure at an early age is paramount. And, if the parents are not going to do it, then, unfortunately, it appears to fall upon the shoulders of the school systems.
Kudos to Merlin Williams for "exposing" various types of instruments used in bands and orchestras via his YouTube videos.
If the above seems frivolous and not in proper alignment with some of the responses, my apologies.
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