Outstanding! I have recently had conversations about the "tail wagging the dog" in music education with the emphasis on competitions and festivals and everything else. I think one of the first questions to answer is are we as music educators doing this to ourselves or is it being imposed upon us. My guess is that it is somewhere in the middle. Competition has its place, but I have to ask "at the expense of what?" Thanks for sharing!
Outstanding! I have recently had conversations about the "tail wagging the dog" in music education with the emphasis on competitions and festivals and everything else. I think one of the first questions to answer is are we as music educators doing this to ourselves or is it being imposed upon us. My guess is that it is somewhere in the middle. Competition has its place, but I have to ask "at the expense of what?" Thanks for sharing!
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