December 2009
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Auditioning Their Hearts Out →
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On one hand, I respect these students so, so much - I wish I had had the discipline or talent to be there. On the other - to devote your life to performance so young - I’m not sure if that’s living life to the fullest, or closing too many doors too early.
I found this article to be really interesting. I think that I have to respectfully disagree with the person from whom I...
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Serious Music? He Loves It. No, Seriously. →
A piece on Alec Baldwin’s new gig as the radio announcer for the New York Philharmonic’s radio broadcasts. There are some really interesting insights here: how “orchestras, opera houses and other musical institutions engage in a sometimes desperate-seeming search for relevance in a society that has increasingly marginalized serious music”, how Mr Baldwin tries to match his...
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My thoughts on "Guitar Hero and RockBand - friend...
It appears as though [my classmates] seem to be on the “friend” side regarding this debate; I am one more person who is on this side. I agree with those who have said that these kinds of games can be a really great way to reach kids. On a related note, I also think that it’s really important to make sure that kids don’t feel alienated in the music classroom because their...
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“The best teachers don’t give you the answers. They just point the way and let...”
– Will, Glee 112 (“Mattress”) (via gleeky) (via tumblingforth)
So while I have a problem with the way Will handles a lot of things in his music classroom, this quote was one of the best from last night’s episode, if not the entire season so far. It also reinforces a lot of what I’ve been...
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