Lauradoll said:In the school I teach in the music lessons are paid for by the LEA, as are the instruments. I know this is a unique position to be in and it gives kids an opportunity they would otherwise never have had.
Was this a music teacher who suggested you gave up? If so that is awful :shock:This was fine if I had a teacher who was good but I had so many useless ones who 'suggested' that we give up music that I eventually got lessons elsewhere. when I started there were about 10 of us when I left there were 3!!
Cornet_player said:Yeah it was suggested firstly by my brass peripatetic teacher when I was about grade 4 so I was about 13. Then last year my old head of music suggested that I should give up just before I took my grade 8 (which i passed) luckly by this stage I had an excellent cornet teacher so I took no notice and carried on.
Really stupid thing is that I changed school and and my new peri teacher has got me looking through the diplomas and the head of music is suggesting that I look at music colleges-- Ive gone from being so bad that I should give up to good enough to do diplomas etc in a matter of weeks :? :shock:
Cornet_player said:Yeah it was suggested firstly by my brass peripatetic teacher when I was about grade 4 so I was about 13. Then last year my old head of music suggested that I should give up just before I took my grade 8 (which i passed) luckly by this stage I had an excellent cornet teacher so I took no notice and carried on.
Really stupid thing is that I changed school and and my new peri teacher has got me looking through the diplomas and the head of music is suggesting that I look at music colleges-- Ive gone from being so bad that I should give up to good enough to do diplomas etc in a matter of weeks :? :shock:
If I were you I'd teach them to blow instead - might sound a bit better :!: :shock: :lol:Okiedokie of Oz said:I was lucky I had a specialist in brass. But now I run the brass band, and I am a multi-instrumentalist, I can see the negatives in not having specialists. My flute players suck. My clarinets are OK, and I get good saxes. My brass turn out to be the elite.
Chunky said:Lauradoll said:In the school I teach in the music lessons are paid for by the LEA, as are the instruments. I know this is a unique position to be in and it gives kids an opportunity they would otherwise never have had.
Thats is really unique, however it just proves funding can be found.
Yeah I think people in "affluent" area are at a loss this way. We're in what is considered a "deprived" area so we get funding for all sorts, including music tuition. It is also highly regarded in our school as well, so I guess I'm lucky.
I was refering to the scenario of "Here's a chime bar. Let's make some free creative music"...that sort of dated 1960s rubbish. It goes on a lot, and makes it seem as if lots of music is being taught, even though the kids aren't being shown anything of any use. Literacy and numeracy are moving towards having more structure and rigor, while in music "let it all hang out man" seems to be the approach.Roy Taylor said:What you mean a plinky plonk thing isnt a real instrument? :?