http://classical-scene.com/2010/07/24/some-wonders/ a virtual journal and blog of the classical music scene in Boston Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:35:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://classical-scene.com/2010/07/24/some-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-2795 Rebecca Marchand Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:10:44 +0000 http://classical-scene.com/?p=4299#comment-2795 "...like those of concerts at most musical conservatories, omit any discussion of the music itself... There is a lost opportunity here to teach written as well as verbal and musical expression about music to students who will need it later." Thank you for this review, and I'd like to address this comment in particular. I absolutely agree with you on this point, and one of the projects I'm working on at Longy is to integrate program note writing more actively into the curriculum. My graduate students in history do a pre-concert lecture (written) in the Fall semester (Med-Baroque) and a set of program notes with a made-up program of their choosing in the Spring (Classical-Modern). Not only does it help with their verbal expression, but it also helps them think about programming as something other than "Pieces I Like To Play." Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. “…like those of concerts at most musical conservatories, omit any discussion of the music itself… There is a lost opportunity here to teach written as well as verbal and musical expression about music to students who will need it later.” Thank you for this review, and I’d like to address this comment in particular. I absolutely agree with you on this point, and one of the projects I’m working on at Longy is to integrate program note writing more actively into the curriculum. My graduate students in history do a pre-concert lecture (written) in the Fall semester (Med-Baroque) and a set of program notes with a made-up program of their choosing in the Spring (Classical-Modern). Not only does it help with their verbal expression, but it also helps them think about programming as something other than “Pieces I Like To Play.” Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention.

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