Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Music and Students

It will not likely come as news to anyone, but college students are reluctant to attend classical music events (reluctant being an understatement). Without a plot, or even much in the way of visuals, Classical music seems a relic of another time. Even if they like classical music, most students aren't interested in "watching" music being played.

Perhaps YouTube has solved this problem by having classical music played by the muppets:








Ok, so not EXACTLY, but surely we can find ways like this to make music interesting in a visual world.

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