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    Department of Music Adelphi University: Musician & Teacher: Chapter 2

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    Department of Music

    Adelphi University

    0199-250:
    Foundations of Music Education

    Heather Waters, Ph.D.


    Visiting Assistant Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Education

    Musician & Teacher: Chapter 2

    Stephen Hogan
    September 14, 2016

    Breakpoint 2.2:
    Music has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. It has been there
    to help move time, to cure boredom, and even help me through my toughest of times. As
    a young child I heard the violin at a concert my mother took me to and I immediately
    knew I had to learn the violin and that song. That motivation drove me to play the violin
    for years until around middle school when I fell in love with acting. This love for acting
    became a love for musical theater and singing, which pushed me towards new aspirations
    in the music world. It also changed how I saw music to more than just a way to tell a
    story but a way to let out emotions. Singing a sad song releases so much tension and
    relaxes the body in a way that helped carry me through the depression I was battling. And
    today, even more so, I value the amount that music can express and relax a person that I
    became driven by the actions my music teachers took as compassionate and loving
    educators to be like them and help anyone I can with the power of music.

    Breakpoint 2.4:
    In schools music is more than just a class for students. For those who take interest
    in performing, be it with their voice or other instrument, it is a time to let loose their
    frustrations and emotions. For many students daily music keeps from letting out
    aggressively on others. Banging on a drum, belting a note, or even sliding a bow across a
    string are all great ways to let ones emotions out. Besides this, though, music practiced
    daily gives students an outlet for non-aggressive emotions. When a student sings a note
    they are opening themselves and releasing all the tension and anxiety that they kept
    tucked away, getting rid of the world for the duration of that song.
    The only way to allow this experience to reach its fullest potential is by spreading
    music through the school. Spreading music is a process that takes time and effort; but in
    essence the best ways to spread the music are not hard. To spread music to students a
    teacher could start different extra-curricular activities such as a musical theater group, a
    jazz choir, a chamber orchestra, a pit band and so on. These different activities invite
    more people to try different aspects of making music. They invite people who already
    make music to try making music in a different way.

    Breakpoint 2.6:
    I caught the so called music bug (Campbell 34) at a young age when I was
    listening to the song The Devil Went Down to Georgia and heard the fiddle for the first
    time. Then for the longest time I strived to play the fiddle just as I had heard it done that
    day, with that song. The passion I had for music became who I was and drove me to
    practice and to learn more. That passion never left but instead grew as I did. Later in life I
    discovered musical theater and singing became who I was. The time to practice was
    always and if I wasnt talking I was singing. Today music is still who I am and now
    because of the teachers I had growing up who showed me just how good music is for the
    soul, I want to do the same.

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