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From:  Dean FH Macy <deanmacy@a...>
Date:  Tue Apr 23, 2002  6:59 am
Subject:  Exploitation of children who sing - & retort

I thought you'd like to see an example of the guff I get from nincompoops
who are angered because children sing. Also I included my retort which, I
know, is very rude. The musician who wrote this to me is a 43yo cello
player.

Dean

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The artist on the url is a 13-year-old. Is there no end to the exploitation
of children in Petersborough, NH?



David Runnion
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MY RETORT

Mr Runnion,

Pity the poor boy in Israel who wanted to play a musical instrument when he
was three years old. His parents found him a teacher who taught him all he
knew. Is there no end to the exploitation of children in Israel? When he
was 13 he made a famous appearance on the Ed Sullivan show playing the
Flight of the Bumble Bee. How terrible to do this to a young child. Even if
the child is Itzhak Perlman.

I don't know who you are or what point you are trying to make. But as you
grow older and wiser I hope you learn that a set of vocal folds is a musical
instrument just as a cello is a musical instrument. The vibration of the
bow across the strings, if drawn correctly, allows the formation of music
regardless of the age of the artist. Likewise, air passed through the vocal
folds, if done correctly, allow the formation of music regardless of the age
of the singer.

I am sure there were many who complained against the teacher who taught
Itzhak; at least as many who complain against me and teachers like me who
dare to help mold the voices of children correctly, rather than let them
harm themselves by singing incorrectly. If that be exploitation, then God
bless us all.

I do not want to hear from you or the likes of you again.

Dean FH Macy, DLit/Mus
Mentor of exceptional children who sing




  Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date  
18861 Re: Exploitation of children who sing - & retortGreypins@a...   Tue  4/23/2002  
18863 Re: Exploitation of children who sing - & retortJohn Link   Tue  4/23/2002  
18867 Re: Exploitation of children who sing - & retortDean Mancy   Tue  4/23/2002  
18872 Re: Exploitation of children who sing - & retortbuzzcen@a...   Tue  4/23/2002  
18876 Re: Exploitation of children who sing - & retortColin Reed   Tue  4/23/2002  
18882 Re: Exploitation of children who sing - & retortGreypins@a...   Wed  4/24/2002  
18889 Re: Exploitation of children who sing - & retortGreypins@a...   Wed  4/24/2002  
18894 Re: Exploitation of children who sing - & retortMs Christine Zimmermann   Wed  4/24/2002  
18896 Re: Exploitation of children who sing - & retortDean FH Macy   Wed  4/24/2002  

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