Re: OT: Q for Music Educators

Date: 17 Jul 2003 14:42:01 -0700
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bill turner <email-address-deleted> wrote in message news:<email-address-deleted>...
> Chez made a comment that teaching a hornline to groove is the hardest
> thing; and Stuart made a comment that he knew nothing of the roots of
> jazz. (Stuart's a former music educator.)
For the record, I actually said "I don't know much about jazz or its
roots (except insofar as they involve the marching arts)". I don't
really know jazz, in spite of a year of devs, a couple years of hs
jazz band, and a college paper on the subject. It just wasn't taught
for my music ed degree. I recognize the guys who do that stuff are
way out of my league.
> So my stupid question is, can you *really* be a music educator in the
> U.S. without knowing anything about jazz; and if so, who you tryin' to
> fool anyway?
Well, yeah, any high school that doesn't care about their jazz program
(many don't have one, and many others don't care about what they have)
will give you a job without knowing jazz. Our tastes are just too
heavily influenced by europe. But its a fair question. Particularly
in America.
For anyone interested, some of the info my college paper provided was
used in an article posted here a few years ago:
Subject: Jazz: Drum Corps Prodigal Son
Date: 1999/06/20
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Stuart E. Rice
www.marchingresearch.com