Understandably, financial dilemmas are difficult to solve and having it closed down would be an easy way out. What bothers most people is the fact that the Music Department of UEA has been quite successful in the past, and that the arts (including music) is a prominent cultural feature of the university. Imagine having the likes of Coldplay, Westlife and other independent bands performing on campus, having classical concerts at St. Andrews Hall in the city centre, gigs at the Waterfront, then scrapping the department entirely. Contradiction is in play here.
Needless to say, this is the hottest debate on campus today. There was a protest on the 9th of November, although it pretty much is still going on through the mini musical gigs held around campus. There are petitions with over 7000 signatures collected so far (as I am told) which were also backed by musicians such as Coldplay. You can get more information on how to make your stand here. The final decision will be made on the 23rd of November.
There should be other ways to go about the funding issue. Sure, they may be hard during these rough economic times, but at least it would not resort to the closure of an entire school. Not only would the university suffer from a major loss in terms of its artistic value (it's like losing a limb), it would only make it a lot more difficult to have it start up again one day and regain its reputation.
If life were a show, it'd be an episode of Glee.
On that note, I shall drop this subject in favour of sleep.
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| Leonid Afremov's Late Street Music |
A painter paints pictures on canvas.
But musicians paint their pictures on silence.
~Leopold Stokowski
Hmmm... Ever thought of it this way?:
ReplyDeleteIf the music club closes, won't it give opportunities for all the aspiring musicians in your college to rise up and do their own activities in campus instead?
I mean, it's not like you need a club to run activities in your campus right? You just need the approval from someone who's in charge of the place you wanna hold your activity in right? So why constrain yourself in a club? Well, if you get what I mean D:
As far as I'm concerned, I just look at clubs as platforms for the members to showcase what they can really do. So what if that platform goes away? Is is all that difficult to just find another one?
Yeap, plenty difficult. But heck, if you love what you do, is there any reason to give up? I think not. 'Cause if anything, the working world doesn't provide you the clubs, but you become the club through the circle of friends and networks you have with the community around you so...
Yeah. Best of luck to the whole effort of saving the club. But if there really are people who love music with their lives, the closing of the Music Club isn't gonna stop them, but it'd make them even more aggressive in pursuing their area of interest even more.
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But it's not a club that's being closed down though. It's the entire music department. Which means the new students must either switch courses or apply to other universities, and lecturers will be out of their jobs. If it closes, that means in a few years time all the aspiring musicians will be gone.
ReplyDeleteOk. Then, that's very bad.
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