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MiNe 109 wrote:
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ScottW wrote:
On Nov 12, 10:11 am, MiNe 109 wrote:
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Jenn wrote:
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ScottW wrote:
On Nov 12, 8:08 am, Jenn wrote:
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The best hot dog joint in L.A. and politicians alike are abuzz?
Great!
http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl...bolivar10nov10,
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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
It's 'Dudamelmania' as classical music's future shifts to a new
class
By Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
A week has passed since Gustavo Dudamel and his Simón Bolívar
Youth
Orchestra set Walt Disney Concert Hall afire...
California rediscovers music ed only thirty years after crippling
its
own system!
Indeed; at least we HOPE it truly rediscovers it.
I dunno about this 'keeper of the flame' and discrimination
stuff.
When
Dudamel starts selling tickets (and attracting patrons) with his
name,
his name will be prominently displayed.
Agreed. It looks like it's about to happen. The guy is getting
really
"hot". I can't wait to hear him.
http://www.californiaprogressreport...._care_wat.html
10 billion shortfall and budget cuts looming. Good luck with any
publicly funded music education....ain't happenning.
ScottW
Well, it already happens in most places in CA; the question is the
extent, the quality, what grade it starts, etc.
Read about it he
http://music-for-all.org/sos.html
Of course, y'all could just raise taxes! :-)
Since most of education is funded by property tax
that would be the nail in the coffin of Ca housing
market.
Sales taxes or VATs are quite lovely if you can't abide property tax
increases.
Or universal health care will help that shortfall. Leave it to Scott to
bring up health care costs in discussing music education.
I just used that article to point out the rising budget deficit
forecast for '08. As the economy declines further
and housing continues to stall, expect those projections
to rise painfully highlighting the fact that Arnold never fixed
the budget deficit but just borrowed his way to short term
balance.
Yes, I agree that was short-sighted.
Jenn's comment, "Well, it already happens in most places in CA"
seems a bit odd for a state with less than 1 in 10 getting any
music education. Given the states performance in math,
english, and reading, music is not likely to see any resurgence
in the cirriculum anytime soon.
It happens in extra-curricular activities. Once upon a time, we thought
there would be marching bands as long as there were football games.
Marching Band is usually the last to be cut, for obvious political
reasons. The problem is, as you know, they start to suck when kids
don't get started until junior high or later, there is less room in the
schedule for electives due to school days that are too short, etc.
Heck, once upon a time Poway and Vista had huge bands.
I'm far out of that scene now, but last I was in it, Poway had over 300
wind players in their program and Vista had something like 200. I know
they are much smaller now, partly due to the schools splitting with new
schools being built. My poor alma mater (Vista) is a shadow of its
former self. God, my senior year, we played Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy
and the Hindemith Symphony!