Lindsay,
We raised our daughter on an eclectic selection. That is, before she turned
into a recacitrant teenager and chose her own noise. ;-D She heard opera
from birth, plenty of classical (incl. all Mozart, some Prokofkiev, liberal
amounts of Joni, Bessie Smith & Billie Holiday, Beatles, and other such
standards).
One of our favorite memories is of overhearing her, at the age of 4, telling
her older cousins that they should listen to opera because it "flies like
birds."
The best of all is that now, at the age of 18, she is a tolerant individual
with a creative heart, soul, and mind. Although she seems to prefer ICP,
RadioHead, and the like, she stills occasionally tunes in to opera and other
classical music. Plus she pays more attention as time goes by to lyrics as
well as music. We believe her exposure to all types of music (her dad has
been in a bluegrass band for much of her life, too) and art have contributed
to her thinking abilities and conflict resolution orientation.
As for traditional children's music, we didn't buy that stuff, we sang it
ourselves in "baby jams" with her. When she was little all the recorded
stuff generally available seemed so sanitized we didn't care much for it.
Good luck, and I envy you the fun you're going to have with your children!
You also wrote:
>and also
>the closing of "voices." I may have missed this along the way, but are
>there any rumblings that the show will be exhibited anywhere else? Like
>L.A.? I mean they've got the Getty any everything.
Here, here! I'd like to see the show in Chicago, too! Maybe if we sent
e-petitions to the various museums or larger galleries someone would realize
there's enough interest to make it a good venture...
Diane
NP HOSL
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