[TPIN] "Leon's reply"

[James Klages]

Trent,
I know what you meant. Hence the :) 's  Being an active performer does have
it's costs. If you listen to my daughter and wife in the documentary it does
break my heart.

http://www.samkarp.net/healed.html

But, the difficulty was more tan just being an active performer. And the
Lord does provide. My wife and I are still together and my daughter grown
and a happily married mother.

Jim

On 3/11/07, William Graham <weg9 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* James Klages <james.klages at gmail.com>
> *To:* William Graham <weg9 at comcast.net>
> *Cc:* Trent Austin <trent at trentaustin.com> ; tpin at tpin.okcu.edu
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:42 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [TPIN] "Leon's reply"
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> > I used to say that on every block in every town in the USA there is a
> > housewife who is a concert pianist, or had, at one time that much
> > ability,
> > *but is now just a housewife.....*
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> Them's fightin' words partner. There is not a more important or rewarding
> thing that a person can do is to be husband/wife & father/mother. This has
> nothing to do with whether they are or  are not a trumpet virtuoso or some
> other type of gifted musician.
>
> I teach several students who are mothers with children. Several of my
> recent graduates at UCO have also started families. We should do and say
> everything that can be done to encourage and help them, rather than to by
> implication demean their choice. One graduate student took several years
> away from study and is returning to earn her asters. One is recently married
> and expecting her first child. Any statement that they are diverting away
> from important things like music is wrong headed and actually disrepectful.
> (I am sure not by intention. This phrase grew common with the "feminist"
> movement and is often uttered thoughtlessly.)  I would be careful saying the
> phrase "just a housewife" around my wife- she wife studied karate" and is in
> great shape. :)
>
> Our family has supported and participated in music, theatre, dance, and
> other arts for our entire time together. I have prided myself on trying to
> be a good father for my daughter- nothing that by comparison almost
> everything I did was unimportant. This did not say I have not done things
> musically worthy of "note."  :)
>
> Jim
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> Yeah....I don't demean housewives, but the ratio of housewives to concert
> pianists must be of the order of a million to one............The fact is,
> not very many people make it in the performing arts.....Teaching is a
> different matter, and even performing trumpet players usually pick up some
> extra income teaching. But I doubt if you are ever going to see Brittany
> Spears teaching voice to anyone....:^) I think even she knows better than
> that.......
>
>


-- 
Dr. James L. Klages
Professor of Trumpet
School of Music
University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, OK 73034