Music 23241 Reaction Paper due 9/5/10

Campbell Chapter 1
I agree with the author when she mentions music as a "fall-back" career, and how teaching is not for everyone. She says how many people consider teaching music as the career to get into if they couldn't make it in another musical career such as composing or performing. Only some people are ment to be teachers and have the personal skills to be a teacher. Not just anyone who knows music very well can teach it. In Campbell's section "Tales of Five Musicians" I do not agree how she says that people who declare an interest in music education were incredibly sucessful and the best in their high schools. I believe many students can find a great career in music education and be very interested in it even if they're not "the best".

Campbell Chapter 2
I agree when the author says music educators personally "must have music" in their lives because If you don't have a passion for music and your trying to teach it, you can become a boring teacher who hates what they are doing with their lives.

Bianco-Ohio's First School Band Contest
I don't think it was fair that each band in the contest could only enter 2 or less soloist. I feel anyone who wanted to compete should have a chance. It makes me thankful for solo and ensemble contest we have now. I like how the march back then was used as a warm up and not judged. Before contest now, good opportunities to warm up are not given. I do like how the "Review of bands" seemed more light-spirited and more of just a friendly fun competition.

Eisner-Preparing for Today and Tomorrow
I disagree with this article. The best way to teach and prepare students for the future should be based on the past. If students dont know what happened in the past how can they learn from mistakes of others and make a better future.

Guegold-History of OMEA Marching Band Finals
This article was very interesting to me. I understand how marching band contest works, better than I have before. In high school our marching band was a show band and did not compete. So I never understood how marching contest worked.

Sanders-Important influences on the Intro of Music in Ohio's Schools
Its very interesting to see how big of an impact Ohio was in bring music out west in school. The thing I didn't like about this article was that it was mostly about the spread of music to the west when the article was about music in Ohio's schools. So before I read it I was expecting something a little different.

Sanders-Early Public School Music in the State of Ohio
I find it interesting that most schools started music education with singing. What I find more interesting is how it was taugh by just the regular subject teachers in the beginning. I feel like the schools could have found a musician to teach music not a german teacher or english teacher persay.