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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