Growing up, live music was a part of our everyday lives. Someone was always making a joyful noise (whether it was appreciated or not). It wasn’t until I was much older and attending a concert by Murray McLaughlin at the Victoria Hall in Cobourg, that I gained a real appreciation of the difference between a live performance and recorded music.
Some performers really interact with their audiences in a unique way that adds to the entire experience. Murray gave a few personal glimpses into how he arrived at some of his compositions, and showed his incredible multi-faceted talent by performing on a multitude of instruments. Unlike the fun and excitement of tossing beach balls around as part of an audience event, and other such gimmicks, to me it is when the personal glimpses inside the private composing or performing world, which create the ultimate connection between process and product. Such experiences are priceless and can inspire even the most tone-deaf to a greater appreciation of the music.
Why is music important? There are a great many studies showing the importance of music to education including:
- subliminal effects and benefits to listening to certain types of music during various activities,
- using music to incorporate an additional sense into the the learning process of a topic
- the math/music connection –ie transition of learning fractions from semi-concrete to abstract
There are many venues for enjoying live music in your own neighbourhood: schools, churches, some art galleries for example. I recently learned that the world destination for live music is however, Austin Texas.
Read about Austin Texas HERE, and have your students send for a free guide. I wonder what makes Austin the World Capitol of live music?
Want to check out Austin for yourself? Here’s a last minute hotel deal I happened across that got me thinking about the whole thing:
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