Yes, Japan is different, also China. But the methods are different too. The illiteracy in these countries is very, very low. Music education is very popular, but expensive (Japan). It seems, that it is part of the curriculum in grammar & middle schools, so the youth receives basic music education free.
But here in Germany: There was a time span of nearly twenty years, when music education fell to nearly zero in grammar schools & middle schools. After that, they began with the Orff Music Education again in Kindergarten. It is fun for the children, but it seems as if it did not help much. School orchestras ? Most of them gone. Some classic schools, very few, still have a school orchestra. School bands ? Not here in Germany. General music education to lead the young folks to the understanding & enjoyment of classical & romantic music has become nearly extinct. With classes consisting of more than 50% of Turcs, Serbocroats, Albanians, etc. in certain areas, special in the cities - how can you teach all of them ? Not only music, everything ? With all the violence, special by people from war torn countries. I meet them day by day in the subway. If political parties & groups are more concerned about wearing a head-cloth or not, having the cross in the class room or not, if girls are allowed to participate on swimming courses or not, something might be wrong. It were the same, if we would discuss for months or years about vibrato or not (do we ?) or stopping plus transposing up or down (do we ?), instead of preparing the young players with correct attack, tone quality, phrasing, expressing something with the music. Yes, we do similar, e.g. talking (too much) about breathing, instead telling them to breath as normal. Etc, etc, etc --- never ending. We are still inside the tunnel........ ======================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 1:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Literacy - NHR, but could be Japan supposedly is still fairly good I hear. -William In a message dated 12/11/2003 3:14:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Ricco Kuehn quoted me roughly this very same statistic a month ago, and I > was > shocked. Just which countries have "successful" education systems in the > world, today? And, is there a correlation between education in general and > music > education in particular? Just want to know.... > > Dave Weiner > Brass Arts Unlimited _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
