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Date Posted: 09:44:49 03/01/05 Tue
Author: Dr. O.
Subject: Re: unity within the music program
In reply to: Nickie 's message, "Re: unity within the music program" on 09:33:07 02/21/05 Mon

Thanks, Nickie, for making an excellent point. There is a difference between our personal and professional lives. While you might find someone personally troublesome and just in fact dislike them, there is no reason for your students to know that. If you criticize other teachers to the students, in my opinion you are being unethical and certainly unprofessional. During my years of teaching I have worked with a number of people who I did not like on a personal basis, but I've always tried very hard not to let that personal feeling spill into the professional arena. To me, that is what it means to be professional: that we place the demands of our jobs and the welfare of students above the personal feelings we have. What do others think about this?

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[> [> [> Re: unity within the music program -- Brigid, 14:38:54 03/01/05 Tue [1]

Although we've been discussing this more as happening in other schools, I think it's also an issue in Brenneman. There is an almost tangible tension between students who are purely vocally oriented and purely instrumentally oriented. By this, I'm dicussing the students who are only involved in one area of the music department. Instrumentalists are always complaining that vocalists have no sense of rhythm and vocalists are always challenging the emotion in music that doesn't have text. Those are only two generalized examamples, and there's plenty more exchanges that can be heard in Beethoven lounge. It's not only an issue between students, but I've also noticed it among some professors. I'm involved in both instrumental and choral ensembles and I wonder what it takes (other than those of us who are involved in both spectrums) to bridge the gap?


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[> [> [> [> Re: unity within the music program -- Nickie, 08:40:26 03/02/05 Wed [1]

I think we all need to value and respect the other side of the spectrum for what it is. Being a voice major and being an instrumental major are different things. We need to accept the other side for what it is. The only other way to really bridge the gap is to experience both "sides." I think it's crucial to be in both an instrumental ensemble and a choral ensemble, if for nothing else, then just to understand how the other works. (Hopefully sometime soon I'll be able to do this!!)


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