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Date Posted: 19:38:34 03/20/06 Mon
Author: Benjamin Lupo
Subject: Re: Free time
In reply to: Molly 's message, "Re: Free time" on 18:36:53 03/20/06 Mon

Amen my colleagues! I was privellaged to see for myself what an ensemble of 20 high school guys could accomplish after having only 30 minute rehearsals. The sound that they produced was on a level far beyond any high school sound I had ever heard before. And again, their rehearsals were 30 minutes long (during lunch) and I do not believe that they were daily. Those 10 or 15 minutes of free time at the end of a rehearsal or occasional "free day" the day after a concert could be much better spent making music.

As music educators, every moment we have with our students is loaded with opportunity. Any moment with a student during rehearsal that is not used to make music is a waste of your time and that of your students'. Worse than that, it is depriving your students of something: the ability to allow music to change their lives. We have a potentially life-altering responsibility to those we have chosen to share our love of music with...

Ok, I'm done... whew!

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