tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post5182842954044012440..comments2023-10-19T10:21:32.190-05:00Comments on In Other Words: Yesterday's Music, Today's State, Tomorrow's OutlookPaul Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00974655628067266530noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9284635.post-354475252872437732007-02-14T08:19:00.000-06:002007-02-14T08:19:00.000-06:00Drew: I knew there was a reason Andrew Lloyd Webb...Drew: I knew there was a reason Andrew Lloyd Webber is so popular! Just kidding. Well, no, not really.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Webber's popularity, I feel, gets to the heart of this post. Popular, easy on the ears tunes, light operatic singing, big productions, massive sets, overwraught story lines. <BR/><BR/>I have to wonder if the decline of music study in the public schools bears a share of the blame for any possible decline in the age demographic of classical music. Music programs are usually among the first things cut when the public school budget gets tight. Music and physical education. I definitely see the impact of the phy ed. cuts in the numbers of children who are obese these days. Why not the same correlation with the aging of classical music afficionados?<BR/><BR/>I've never studied the issue but I think its plausible.<BR/><BR/>There are some excellent music programs in some of our local magnet and charter schools but those programs are not reaching everyone.Cathy_of_Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795566831031491371noreply@blogger.com