Come to think of it, I had to learn to love the old-timey country and
bluegrass music that made "O Brother, Where Art Thou" so enjoyable. (Thank
you, KKUP.) I also had to learn to love opera. (Thank you, Luciano!)
I'm still trying to fit my ears around the stuff on MTV.
Elizabeth Finkler
San Jose, California
mightymezzo@h...
http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo
"We got guns, they got guns, all God's chillun got guns!" -- The Marx
Brothers, "Duck Soup"
>From: Cindi Waters <musicteachky@y...>
>Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
>To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [vocalist] Re: classical music today...
>Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 13:44:07 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>About teaching to "love" classical music ... I was so glad that I was
>"made" to sit through hours of performances at National Music Camp in
>Michigan years ago. In fact, being a giggler, another camper gave me a good
>tip. She told me to count all the letters in the program starting with the
>"a's," then go to the "b's," and so forth. This tip helped me not to be
>giggling throughout the concert, which would have warranted demerits from
>the counselors!
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