I did an aleatoric piece with my middle school band (no, I didn't
like it, I thought it was important to expose them to other music
ideas).
you should try some of your own teaching sometime (you know, that bit
about exposure).
I don't think anyone in the audience (even the parents) liked it and
I personally considered it "non music".
i think you should maybe stop doing what you refer to as thinking,
and start asking some questions.
hm... a piece chosen by someone who hates modern music, performance
of said work under the same person, performed by students who
certainly couldn't have received any meaningful guidance from the
instructor on the piece, about the composer or stylistic aspects of
the work... i bet you i would have hated the performance as well.
who knows, maybe the piece really did suck, maybe there were hundreds
of better and more relevant pieces the musical (sic) director could
have chosen if he was the slightest bit informed which would have
provoked an entirely different reaction from the audience. maybe the
piece was good and the performance sucked because the performers had
no clue; maybe the piece was good and the performance would have been
good if the director understood the piece better; maybe the piece
sounded great in rehearsal and everyone -- director and musicians --
were totally involved but the piece unfortunately fell apart in
concert...
so kids, what does this little fairy tale tell us -- from a broad
general perspective of course -- about "modern music"?
nothing.
it does make us consider the impact that we all have as individuals
on all people we come in contact with (notably in the case of
teacher-student relations), and teaches us to have respect for this
fragile power wherever and whenever we may be called upon or inclined
to wield it, and to use it wisely.
phil, what would you have to say if i told you i am fed up with your
inane blather and have decided to judge americans the same way you
have judged new music and am from this point on using you as a
reference for my (non-) appreciation of those south-of-the-border
folk?
--
shirling & neueweise ... new music publishers
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