Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no interest in.
Conducting is a strange thing to teach.
I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.
I write arrangements. Im sort of a wannabe composer.
So much of performing is a mind game.
There's nothing more frustrating than seeing a conductor say, 'Play softer,' as they're waving their hands in huge gestures.