Blog Assignment: Music and Family

So I just finished reading the 27th Musical Autobiography and, let me tell you, you folks all have quite a range if experiences. I think you manage to hit every continent except Antarctica. It's especially interesting for me to see how many World Music experiences you had in school or children's choruses, since we had none of that sort of thing about when I was young. I'm looking forward to you all sharing your experiences with the class as we go along through the term.

And now on to your next blog topic: Music and Family. Specifically, Music and YOUR Family. Let us know how your family has used music, and what sort of music they've used, and what sort of effect it's had on your family as a whole (or on individual members therein). It might help to refer to Titon's Music-Culture Model that we went over the first day of class. What sort of Beliefs does your family have about music, and what sort of Activities are involved in music-making? What Repertoires show up in your household, and what Material Objects are involved? Anecdotes are always great communication tools, and, yes, you can get involved with Western Art Music here, since you'll be treating it Ethnomusicologically.

I do know that this might end up overlapping into your Musical Autobiographies a bit, but try to avoid that as much as possible. You all have at least seventeen years under your belt--surely you can come up with 300-500 MORE words about music. And family.