Class Notes

Something at Uni that said something broader about the institution:

When I first came to La Trobe I was captivated by the bell tower. Where were the bells? What was the tune they were playing? What was the purpose of the the music and what meaning was the composer trying to convey. Later that month I visited Box Hill Tafe, where I had the year before completed my music degree and I learned that the tunes played by the bell tower were in fact compositions by one of my Lecturers at Box Hill. This symbolized for me how in education institutions what is pasted down from teacher to student is often not just raw knowledge

Something that someone did or said that says something broader about him or her.

According to my mother, my brother and myself had very different responses to music as babies. I loved music. It had a calming affect. My brother on the other hand hated music being played to him. It did not have a calming affect, and as soon as he was old enough, he would tell my mother stop.

As an adult, my brother works in the computer industry. His favorite music – in fact the only type that he listens to – is emo.

I, on the other hand, am a pastry-cook and a music teacher.

I think or different attitudes to music as babies demonstrated a different attitude to artistic expression that showed up later in our choices of jobs and musical tastes.