After reading Dani's post on abandoning authenticity for synthesizers, I think it brings up a valid point about a generality of students in the 21st century. If a teacher teaches a lesson with clarity, precision, efficiency and grace, a student is much more likely to stay interested and engaged in what's going on. I feel like students can smell, if you will, the fact that a teacher is uncomfortable teaching a lesson or is faking it.
I've talked to countless church musicians who have elegantly planned and executed services. Likewise, I've dealt with the ones who can't hold a candle to music, but perform the music with such integrity that the honesty is what melts your heart. I guess my biggest problem with authenticity is that is challenges a teacher's ability to stay honest. One may ask: how is this a problem?
Shouldn't we as teachers go in to our classrooms knowing the truth about certain topics? I'm not suggesting that teachers are God with an all knowing mind. But I am suggesting that even if teachers don't know how to achieve an authentic experience of music, they know where to get it. Resources are everything in teaching. Agree?
Happy December!
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