[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Registration - to be or not to be

To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Registration - to be or not to be
From: Hoss571@xxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:05:27 EDT
Priority: low
Reply-to: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I agree with Carol on the value of competition among brass bands.  It can be 
and has been a wonderful incentive for bands to improve their abilities and 
to proudly show them off.  What I DON'T really care for is the competitions 
among school marching bands we subject our school kids to here in the 
"colonies.  To spend nine or ten weeks learning three or four tunes and some 
manuvers to go with them is not my idea of the purpose of music education. 
This is a debate that has gone on, and will continue to haunt us forever.  
What are school bands like in the UK or Australia.  Is instrumental music 
even taught in the schools, or is it an outside the curriculum activity?
Clint Miller
Band Director, Orchard Mesa Middle School
Grand Junction, Colorado, USA
GWRMBB, Solo Tenor


--
unsubscribe or receive the list in digest form, mail a message of 'help' to

Prev by Date: Flugelhorn - what should it sound like etc.
Next by Date: Re: Registration - to be or not to be
Previous by thread: Re: Registration - to be or not to be
Next by thread: Re: Registration - to be or not to be
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread