tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300053268224811025.post3079471703525190226..comments2023-10-29T09:12:20.913-04:00Comments on The Future of Classical Music: What it takes to get inIJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302686657198035607noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6300053268224811025.post-58900126910084018882009-11-10T10:08:32.145-05:002009-11-10T10:08:32.145-05:00I agree with you on this, as most of us would I as...I agree with you on this, as most of us would I assume. If it werent for my mother's insistance that I "just try" an instrument in 4th grade, I wouldn't be where I am today. My family has supported my music making dreams from the beginning. But it takes years of work and money and support from others, not just from family - music in schools play a large role. <br /><br />Early education forms a large part of early musical development in children, at least it did for me, and lately with the economy such as it is, and with everybody trying to weed out the unnecessary subjects in schools, often it is the music courses that are the first to be cut. <br /><br />If I hadn't had Mrs. Larson in 1st grade make me play the recorder in music class, I wouldn't have ever had any interest in starting piano lessons the following year, or flute lessons later still. It is troubling that many kids today are not given these opportunities at this young age. It takes years to develop skills that will be acceptable to schools like Eastman or Oberlin, and without the support in schools it wouldn't be possible.Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137533614453182150noreply@blogger.com