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Frances Adams's avatar

After reading and pondering what it means to be an idealist i realize I to am an idealist. But I am also very much a realist. The question is where do my ideals come from and how do they play into reality. Yeah, John, you have made me think today 🤔. Have a great day 😀

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Frances Adams's avatar

Hi John Interesting article. Kinda deep. I will have to read it again.

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Julie Schramke's avatar

This so resonates with me. I always strove to have programs that were authentic, reflective of my performers and audiences, and with a new administration, who purported to be a musician, my services were no longer valued or required.

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The Independent Minded Empath's avatar

Yes, we live in a society where music education is not valued by those outside the music education bubble and valued for the wrong reasons by so many inside it. I wrote about that in one of my first articles:

https://open.substack.com/pub/independentmindedempath/p/that-article-devaluing-music-education?r=pre20&utm_medium=ios

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