Giving and Taking Away
[tT was perplexing to hear in the same week the prize-giving concert of Trinity College in Dunedin and the 4ZB Children’s Talent Que&’t. On the one hand an enthusiastic gathering of young people performing and listening to good
music, on ‘the other hand a succession of aspirants to radio fame performing popular jazz of the worthless sentimental type, in an unmusicianly manner which betrayed little or no training, and a lack of discrimination in choice of items. The oné or two exceptions, even if they are rewarded by being placed at the top of the list in the Talent Quest, served only to emphasise the mediocrity of the majority. The overseas examining bodies, the junior performers’ group organised by the Music Teachers’ Association, the Technical College, and so on, are making gigantic efforts to raise the standard of music in Dunedin. But what is the use of giving good music to children in school and studio if they revert and are encouraged to revert to rubbish the moment they leave school?
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 334, 16 November 1945, Page 8
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175Giving and Taking Away New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 334, 16 November 1945, Page 8
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