Green ketchup ... and red mustard.Today I bought green ketchup. I'm not sure why, because I've never bought it before, but today I did. It makes me angry that ketchup is green--and I'm not sure why. Ketchup is supposed to be red--because it's always been that way. Change. We practice an art that reveres its history, a history rich in elegance and tradition. Our masterworks date from bygone by·gone adj. Gone by; past: bygone days. n. One, especially a grievance, that is past: Let bygones be bygones. eras. We still teach theoretical systems from the sixteenth century, and we perform in costumes from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Simultaneously, we seek to adapt to the present--a world in which art music is sometimes overshadowed by pop and rock; a world in which refinement and elegance are often pushed out by a culture of fast food and even faster entertainment--a world where technology has made it possible to listen to virtually any artist and any selection at any time of the day. We have embraced the possibilities of new technologies, the musical tastes of new generations and the demands of new economies. We also must look to the future--and envision change as unimaginable as green ketchup. Will our art and our teaching change dramatically in the coming years? If so, how should we prepare? Who among us can foresee fore·see tr.v. fore·saw , fore·seen , fore·see·ing, fore·sees To see or know beforehand: foresaw the rapid increase in unemployment. the changes that may occur? In this issue, AMT See vPro. initiates a series of articles entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Visions." From time to time, these articles will feature the thoughts of those among us who are bold enough to address the issues that, in their opinion, are important keys to a continuing state of wellness in the arts. We invite your reactions to these articles--please write in, and we'll include a selected compilation Compiling a program. See compiler. of comments in future issues. Other features in this issue offer information about performing. In Out of Control?: The Fulfilling Drama of Performing, William Westney reviews aspects of performance and the challenges and opportunities for the performer. Anne Petrovich, a violinist and psychologist psy·chol·o·gist n. A person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy. psychologist , shares insight about performance anxiety gained from her unique perspective in Performance Anxiety: How Teachers Can Help. Finally, in Living with Musical People, Herbert Posner chronicles his "musical" life. Hmmmm--what if ketchup was yellow and mustard mustard, common name for the Cruciferae, a large family chiefly of herbs of north temperate regions. The easily distinguished flowers of the Cruciferae have four petals arranged diagonally ("cruciform") and alternating with the four sepals. was red???? |
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