[HANASHIR:7376] Re: Choral Music for winter concerts in p

[Singalong2 <Singalong2...>]

This is indeed a loaded subject. I would be happy to correspond with anyone 
privately about it. Two years ago I did an Orff workshop on Music of the 
Jewish People, appropriate for Elementary Choral teachers. I feel strongly 
that we should be using "real" music and not "written for Chanukah" music. 
Secular teachers need to be exposed to the wealth of beautiful music of our 
people, which would be entirely appropriate at winter concerts, as opposed to 
sticking to purely "holiday" music. When I taught public school, we moved all 
our winter concerts to January, just to avoid the issue.

Laura Deutsch - Solomon Schechter Day School - West Hartford, CT

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