Where do we go from here?(recruiting young music students)

This evening, we're going to think about our place within today's culture. We will examine the role of music making as it exists within a context of steady and inevitable change. And, in the end, we will consider some possible answers to the question, "Where do we go from here?"

Let me say in advance that most of the thoughts I will be offering to you tonight all involve the desperate need for more music makers. In other talks, I've made reference to the thousands of people who, each day, are choosing to do something else besides play music. Over the years, we have continued to lose them--to sports, computers and all manner of fun alternatives. Collectively, I've ...