Music and Athletics

symphonymom
Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:22:12 +0000

For whatever it’s worth, I think that as parents, we should not force our children to choose “their passion” at the age of sixteen or seventeen. If a child is a wonderful pitcher AND composer, and wants to continue both in college, that is to be encouraged and commended! Few have both talents at such a high level!
Sticking a kid in a room and telling them to “be a composer” because you have to focus early, seems rather sad to me. The best composers compose from their life experiences, and a seventeen-year old doesn’t have much to draw upon at that age.