Few months ago, I have just finished my studies with Vice Chancellor’s List Award. I also had closed my Facebook account due to serious privacy concerns. Now, I’m starting to blog again, to communicate with people who wants to know what’s going on in my life. Honestly, I don’t agree of the idea of writing everything about one’s life in the cyberspace. For me, it just doesn’t make sense. However, it is unfair for people that truthfully desire to know and to care about what’s going on in my life. Therefore, I’ll try to update about my general life more.
Let’s talk about my recent event, well… On July 17th, I conducted two songs which sung by the SMK (P) Sri Aman choir, accompanied by the orchestra. As the orchestra coach, it is my job to train my musicians to make the best sound, the concert did went well but I do want to express my dissatisfaction over certain matters. Everybody knows that the road to success is through hard work, but I would like to add that success can only be achieved when you realize and make adjustment to your weakness. Two attributes that I couldn’t stand the most, arrogance without sensibility. I just felt disheartened when people who claimed to know; to spread their teachings of art failed to just do the most simple thing on earth; asking questions. If you can’t do a certain job on your own, ask for help. That’s why we have musical friends; unless we think them as our competitors for our own survival. Personally, I don’t need a naive apology, but the girls who happened to be in that group really deserved it, and their parents really need explanation. I’m saying this because those who had the musical capacity knows the definition of preparations.
Now, I’m a freelance musician but serious music educator. I love to educate people about music, why would I choose this path? Some people took it for glory. Always want to be the super star, the PhD in this blah blah blah crap. In the days of Vivadi and Bach, music is learned for higher means. Some skeptics criticize the lack of music conservatory is the cause and the reason. If these people are truthful about their mission, they won’t be complaining but already start figuring out what can be done to achieve that goal. They also have to bear in mind whether is there any better way to achieve it. I’m trying my best to give the best music exposures to my student, so they actually can make a choice between what is okay and what is great. In that way, they are given the room to analyze their weakness or disadvantages, but it is the educator job to instill belief in them, not to find the next Mozart nor Beethoven but to create that next magical moment. What kind of story would you keep in your life? Your first kiss or the bar 39 at Alban Berg violin concerto? In conclusion, magic can’t be made without illusion. Being unprepared is such an obvious thing.
July 23, 2010 at 6:18 am |
Salam, interesting articles. Would like to link your blog to mine if its possible. I am a freelance musician myself but concerned about the perception of music education here as well. Kindly drop a note at my gmail. Thank you for your time.