Our school board has several hundred schools and the primary schools music teachers have band in a box. 3 of them play in my brass band and they all admit, they got no support, no training, and don't use it.

One feature needed is a Canadian Folk Music Songbook. We still teach kids the old basic French/English songs and rounds. And the thing needs a simplified instruction manual on how to hook a basic computer to boom box, this, believe me, is beyond most Grade 4 teachers. Too bad, lots of them can sight read Pomp and Circumstance for the trombone, and can't find the back of the computer.


John Conley
Musica est vita