Comments on: If You’re Interested in Future of String Music & Instruction, It’s Time to Make Some Noise http://blog.artsusa.org/2010/07/23/if-you%e2%80%99re-interested-in-future-of-string-music-instruction-it%e2%80%99s-time-to-make-some-noise/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:22:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alie Wickham http://blog.artsusa.org/2010/07/23/if-you%e2%80%99re-interested-in-future-of-string-music-instruction-it%e2%80%99s-time-to-make-some-noise/comment-page-1/#comment-10396 Alie Wickham Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:25:07 +0000 http://blog.artsusa.org/?p=5603#comment-10396 Hey Mike!! I figured I would chime in on the conversation. :) I agree with Denise - I look back and think "Wow, if it wasn't for those crazy middle and high school teachers playing that music during my core classes, I would have never been introduced to the classic musicians out there! I was never in a marching band, and the school systems and communities need to develop more creative ways of bringing the classical music into our system without having to force the marching band on each kid (plus, there isn't enough room on the marching band for each kid!) The music teachers already in the system need to get creative with promoting music education in the classroom where "music" is not the primary focus. I had a teacher who used the element song to teach us all the elements of the periodic table - that same teacher also used the alphabet melody to teach us the Greek alphabet .... almost 15 years later, I still remember both as if it were yesterday!! If the music teachers give core=class instructors ideas on how to integrate music, could this help?? What would need to happen for that to happen?? Discussion please. :) Thanks!! Hey Mike!! I figured I would chime in on the conversation. :)

I agree with Denise – I look back and think “Wow, if it wasn’t for those crazy middle and high school teachers playing that music during my core classes, I would have never been introduced to the classic musicians out there! I was never in a marching band, and the school systems and communities need to develop more creative ways of bringing the classical music into our system without having to force the marching band on each kid (plus, there isn’t enough room on the marching band for each kid!)

The music teachers already in the system need to get creative with promoting music education in the classroom where “music” is not the primary focus. I had a teacher who used the element song to teach us all the elements of the periodic table – that same teacher also used the alphabet melody to teach us the Greek alphabet …. almost 15 years later, I still remember both as if it were yesterday!! If the music teachers give core=class instructors ideas on how to integrate music, could this help?? What would need to happen for that to happen??

Discussion please. :) Thanks!!

]]> By: Denise http://blog.artsusa.org/2010/07/23/if-you%e2%80%99re-interested-in-future-of-string-music-instruction-it%e2%80%99s-time-to-make-some-noise/comment-page-1/#comment-10067 Denise Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:05:59 +0000 http://blog.artsusa.org/?p=5603#comment-10067 I would like to hear more discussion about persuading school systems and communities to recognize the foundational importance of classical music and cultivating a lifelong appreciation, not just the marching band-during-the-school-years mentality. I would like to hear more discussion about persuading school systems and communities to recognize the foundational importance of classical music and cultivating a lifelong appreciation, not just the marching band-during-the-school-years mentality.

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