My Voice Instructor Creed
So time in the early to mid 90's, I wrote a creed. Even then, it felt radical, pushing back against how I had been educated in music. Don't get me wrong. I had had many wonderful teachers who stretched me and gave me tools that I still use today, Many of my experiences were life changing in positive ways. But those positive experiences existed within a system that could often be more damaging. When everyone talks about how the program for first year must majors is primarily about getting you to change your major to something else, something is broken. This can't be healthy. But I took those drops of positive in the sea of despair and let them form what I believed about music education. Every few years, I stumble upon that Creed as I'm looking for something else. And of course, I never put it in a place where I can easily access it when needed. It's here somewhere in my house, but I couldn't find it this morning. And that's OK, because I ...