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 Re: Why do Classical musicians look so miserable?
Author: kdk ★2017
Date:   2019-09-04 18:26

Ed Palanker wrote:

> My question, how many students
> actually attend symphony concerts to watch the players? Maybe
> the handfull that love classicail music and already are devoted
> to play it.

I tend to agree with Ed on this. For me, interest in playing "classical" music came before I attended a real concert. My interest developed from playing - actively participating in - music by myself at home and in the concert band at school. Later, community orchestras and the pit orchestras of a couple of local community theaters.

My earliest experiences in a concert audience, first at the old Robin Hood Dell and later at the Academy of music, were in seating that was too far from the stage to see much of the players' faces. I'd have to say that their *appearance* really had little or no influence on my attitude. I was hooked by the experience of active performance long before I ever saw a performing musician's body language clearly enough to have mattered.

That's why I feel as strongly as I do (to put on my educator's hat for a second) that performance programs for young students, in their schools or through outside organizations, are far more important in developing music appreciation in future adults than classes that emphasize listening and learning *about* music.

Karl
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