TEDxSydney - Richard Gill - The Value of Music Education

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13 жыл бұрын

Music educator Richard Gill argues the case for igniting the imagination through music and for making our own music. In this talk, he leads the TEDxSydney audience through some surprising illustrations of the relationship between music and our imagination.
Richard Gill has been Music Director of the Victorian Opera Company since its inception in 2006. He has also been Artistic Director of OzOpera, Artistic Director/Chief Conductor of the Canberra Symphony Orchestra and Adviser for the Musica Viva in Schools Program.
Currently the Artistic Director of the Sydney Symphony's Education Program, Richard has frequently conducted for Opera Australia and OzOpera, Meet the Music (SSO), Discovery concerts (Sydney Sinfonia); Ears Wide Open (MSO), and Canberra, Queensland and Tasmanian symphony orchestras.
Richard's many accolades include an Order of Australia Medal, the Bernard Heinze Award, an Honorary Doctorate from the Edith Cowan University of Western Australia, Hon. Doc. (ACU), and the Australia Council's prestigious Don Banks Award.
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------------------- TEDxSydney 2011 took place on Saturday 28 May 2011 at CarriageWorks. Tens of thousands of people enjoyed the day: 800 in the theatre, over 1,000 via big screen simulcast in The Forum, up to 48,000 online via KZfaq ... and up to 80,000 tuning in to ABC Radio National. It was a grand day. About TEDx, x = independently organised event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organised events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organised events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organised TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organised.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

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@NewhamMatt 5 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace, Richard. The couple of times I met you were inspirational, and you will not soon be forgotten. "Every child should have access to proper music."

@aodhquigley1055 5 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Richard Gill. ❤️

@kathyfranco3892 5 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Richard. I was lucky enough to be in the audience and this speech changed our children's lives with a commitment to a musical education

@kevkyaw 3 жыл бұрын

Hi!! Do you know what Richard was talking about with regards to "the rabbit that had music" at 0:54? I am a TED volunteer translating the subtitle of this video into Burmese, and I need a little help understanding the context. I hope you see my message. Thanks!!

@prisomatic 8 жыл бұрын

At my school a bond is being voted on to improve our campus and curriculum by our community and I've been skimming through the plans and such. I was curious as to the improvements being made to the music department and actually discovered that they would be completely wiping out the entire thing in five years. IN FIVE YEARS TIME THERE WILL BE NO MUSIC EDUCATION AT MY SCHOOL WHAT HAS COME OF MY TOWN? I will be attending a board meeting and fighting this.

@moderndaywarrior5775 8 жыл бұрын

+Carlee V Music education is dying because there are very few people who care about it. There are thousands and thousands of adults in this country right now who participated in school music ensembles and few, if any, of them care if music education lives or dies. Music educators are not teaching their students the value of music education. Music educators only care about how well their students perform and how much their students can benefit their own egos and reputations among other music educators. Also, music educators believe music education is invincible. I heard one say "We have always had music education and we will always have music education." They see no need to change their approach. They probably never will...and music education will die. Instrumental music and musical instruments have already disappeared completely from this country outside of government funded institutions. There is a musical instrument museum in Phoenix, Arizona. Eventually that will be the only place you can see a trumpet or a clarinet or a viola.

@masonklein 3 жыл бұрын

It has been 5 years. Is there any good news?

@normalguy7877 2 жыл бұрын

It has been 5 years since you made this comment, how things have changed?

@christinatotton3504 Жыл бұрын

PLEASE TELL ME YOU GOT THAT CHANGED!

@MusicValleyAustralia 9 жыл бұрын

We are entering a new era in music education and it is leaders like Richard Gill and Ken Robinson who are the pioneers who stand up and make a difference. We as teachers and leaders in our communities around the country have the power to act and bring out the creative nature in people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.

@ThePurpleCosmos 4 жыл бұрын

Richard Gill seems like a lovely, funny, compassionate man. I"m sorry to hear of his passing. This lesson is so valuable.

@Kenoptic 12 жыл бұрын

I once sang in a chamber choir with Richard as a guest conductor. We were learning one of Dunstable's masses, and Richard described its isorhythmic, polyphonic structure as “hermetically sealed purity.” He then likened the appearance of tonal harmony as the onset of a “noble rot” in western music. Of course, this was just a playful way of looking at things, but it gave the whole concert programme a character and purpose that made an enormous difference to the performance. A true genius.

@saintjoseph8003 7 жыл бұрын

You're my new hero Richard! I'm a music educator and faced with all the usual attitude towards music education; dismissed as a privilege for the financially endowed and regarded as lower subject with no utility value. This is a refreshing message that I wish I had seen sooner!

@andrewknight8778 7 жыл бұрын

I disagree with the comment saying you can't appreciate Mozart while still struggling with the notes. To me, struggling brings me closer to Mozart's genius. All in all, I believe music is so wonderful that it will not die, even within an unsympathetic culture.

@moderndaywarrior5775 8 жыл бұрын

I personally own the complete collection of Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts on DVD. These DVDs are filled with enormous amounts of information designed to teach children to understand and appreciate instrumental music. I have offered to loan these DVDs to several music educators and have suggested that they be shown to their students. The angry responses I get are, " How will that help my students perform better?" or "How will that help my students get better scores at music festivals?" Music education is suffering because there are very, very few adults who support and care about music education, even though there are thousands and thousands of adults in this country who participated in music education. Music educators are not even trying to teach their students to appreciate legitimate music and when those students become adults, they do not support music education in any way.

@kylespiteri321 3 жыл бұрын

thankyou so much for the music Richard. the HICES music festival in 2017 had around 500 school students from various independent schools across New South Wales come together to put on a music performance. In the short space of a week, our choir rehearsed and fine-tuned 5 songs which we got to play at the town hall in Sydney. The feelings I experienced from singing an ancient Gregorian chant that reverberated in the expanse of that great venue made me feel things I simply cannot and never will be able to put into words. It was the first time I met Richard and I was so saddened to hear that he passed away not long after this. He inspired a generation of musicians in Australia who are forever indebted for his contributions and dedication. Rest in peace Richard.

@ForteMusicSchools 7 жыл бұрын

As usual Richard Gill provides amazing reasons why we need to teach children from a young age.

@frillydaffodilly 5 жыл бұрын

This man was a total legend. What an inspirational genius ❤️

@johnprior7060 5 жыл бұрын

Bravo Richard Gill, rest in peace.

@brianmayer4062 9 жыл бұрын

His comments about music meaning nothing but its self is straight from Bernstein's book and young peoples concerts from the NY Philharmonic! Love it.

@dominikakalinowska 6 жыл бұрын

Next year I am planning to write my dissertation about importance of music in our society and the benefits of musical education. Also about brain plasticity and how this is working in general when connected to music. If anyone would like to take part in the questionnaire (or short interview), let me know in the comment :) Next year I will respond when I will gather enough people. Thank you!

@lilfi-musician4937 6 жыл бұрын

I'm in.

@fasolara3568 5 жыл бұрын

Late reply, but would happily help

@creativeartsstudiorgv 4 жыл бұрын

This conference is so powerful! "Every child should have access to proper music". Indeed.

@gallupish 12 жыл бұрын

Heard Richard talk on Classic FM early this afternoon and thought he was brilliant so checked him out on net and found this - another fascinating and wonderful talk. I need him to teach me to sing and play music. When I was 14 (now 60) my music teacher gave me a 'D' - everyone else had 'A's or 'B's - I have never dared sing in public again. I LOVE music and listen to a wide variety.

@hayleyr5569 2 жыл бұрын

I miss Richard. He conducted Melbourne Youth Orchestra for one concert series when I was in the cello section. Needless to say it was the best term ever.

@moderndaywarriorAZ 10 жыл бұрын

This is a great video. All students in school music ensembles should see this. I bet few, if any, have. Music "educators" do not want to waste any rehearsal time teaching the value of music education to their students. Music "educators" don't receive any plaques or trophies or admiration from their peers for teaching the value of music education to their students. When those students become adults, they do not support music education, and music education dies...because of selfish "educators".

@thepianoplayer416 7 жыл бұрын

I was not brought up in a music family. Although many of my relatives have taken lessons, they are not professional musicians. I play with a music group in church so playing music is a weekly affair. Even when I am not practicing with the group during the summer break, I would play music on a keyboard / piano. There are people in the group who also sing in a choir. Once at a Christmas gathering I started playing "O Holy Night" on a keyboard and several people started singing the song in the background.

@humanimator 13 жыл бұрын

A timely & lively reminder of the persuasive, liberating and transforming power of music. And I would add, we overrate mathematics in education and tragically underrate music in a child's development.

@paulussantosowidjaja8390 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your so lively way of teaching, I have been teaching too serious this far. I hope the American could grab those British musical terms I used to be educated that way in UK. (",)

@marleymozart1767 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your stand for music education and informing the public of the Great Importance Music has in human development--starting with the Very Young! Our Children need music in their lives and to Make Their Own Music is Ultimate! It is key to reading and brain development! Thank your for your message!

@starlightlake9666 10 жыл бұрын

I could not agree more. Unfortunately I have to ask how many people in that audience would pay for lessons for their children and what luxuries would they forego to pay for them. Music teachers cannot live on thin air. Decades ago instrumental teachers and real musicians who were proficient enough to play live, were able to make a living. In recent decades there has been a serious decline in demand for one reason or another in the UK. In my experience after a long career with accompanying financially meagre rewards as a professional musician and instrumental teacher, at present very few adults or children want to learn properly. We are now at the point of losing a great tradition of western music due to the lack of employment of those who are really able to transmit music in its myriad forms. Music has not been taught well for about 3 decades now. Singing is good, however the use of digital sound as used commonly at present in some music education in schools does not have the same sort of sound wavelength as that produced by live acoustic instruments, therefore the resulting affect of the neural pathways in the brain of a young person is fundamentally different and in my opinion, inferior. Too many people have an airy fairy idea of what music is based on their immediate, emotional and easy responses to what they have heard on modern media and this is unfortunately projected on to their children. Music is a serious and disciplined subject and does indeed expand the mind, the body, the imagination and the emotions in an integrated way. It used to be part of classical education. Sadly, the discipline has been coarsened in latter years. There can be little creativity without the tools to craft the abstract design of music.

@athousandwordsbluemountain2018 8 жыл бұрын

Wonderfully inspirational. Thanks. It would be helpful to correct the subtitles for the hearing impaired though. "Oral" has been substituted for "aural" throughout.

@thebrasshole6204 8 жыл бұрын

For hearing it is aural

@wellbodisalone Ай бұрын

Amazing presentation! Well done! 💯

@stephenhamishdarby2591 9 жыл бұрын

Fabulous. It would be great to use examples of Australian musical phrases with kids who recognize them by classroom exposure.

@rainbowtrout75 6 жыл бұрын

my daughters PUBLIC school in Sydney NSW requires $780 upfront per year for children to attend band. As a sole parent, this ended up too cost prohibitive- they would not allow me to pay this off throughout the year. As a consequence, she had no choice but to drop out. I did have a private tutor for a while, who cost the same but over the course of a year, but her interest waned because she was no longer entitled to participate in the wider group, (her social standing reinforced within earshot during lunchbreak rehearsals-heartbreaking.) Midnight oil frontman Peter Garret joined politics and one of the first things he did was defund the scholarship programmes for disadvantaged children like my child, to attend the Australian National Youth Orchestra- I could'nt believe it. Someone whose life had been invested in music and who gained financially exponentially from it... This story kind of ends happy- my daughter auditioned for singing at the Newtown School of Performing Arts and has been shortlisted. Writing to the principle, I said, 'she should be commended for being shortlisted, but imagine the possibilities had this school enabled her to continue the band' Crickets. As an early childhood educator, I make music as acessable as possible for the children in my care, not some elitist pastime. Having completed the arts component of my bachelors degree (a few sessions only) I'm dissapointed in how little value is given to everything Richard Gill says here. It should be a subject in itself.

@rainbowtrout75 6 жыл бұрын

oh, and I do have her in private singing classes and couldnt be happier with her teacher Angela Klages - regardless of whether my daughter gets into Newtown or not, she is old school,-worth every penny, a passionate and brilliant teacher of music!- imagine a world where music education was acessable to all, its a struggle to pay,- but its a priority, its so so important.

@billrockervera2810 7 жыл бұрын

I am researching this subject. I am trying to figure out how I can get this into my school district. I live in rural wisconsin USA. I also have a website that I want to help promote music education. Any suggestions on this I would love to receive.

@dominikakalinowska 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, can I get a name of your website about promoting music education? Thanks :)

@livelovemusic35 9 жыл бұрын

I agree that children need music because it promotes creativity, improvisation, and focus.

@ReineAzzi 12 жыл бұрын

if only we had more teachers like him...

@therealdustino 10 жыл бұрын

IF ONLY THERE WERE MORE TEACHERS LIKE THIS.

@henryandrews55 10 жыл бұрын

I love these TED talks.

@user-pi9pn9pz8p 7 жыл бұрын

this guy is conducting my orchestra

@CHKMATEND78 12 жыл бұрын

Well done. If we miss this window of youth we never get it back

@aaronwarner428 9 жыл бұрын

what if I started at age 16? I'm 18 now and I can play three instruments...

@Elaine-qe1ul 8 жыл бұрын

+Aaron Warner - You missed the point. In the context of this video music in most cases it not offered as a subject and students have little to no exposure to it until high school. Particularly where there isn't the money for private lessons. The point of the video is that music should be open to every one wither or not you can afford it and like most thing the earlier you start the more you gain from it.

@NicenEasyuk 12 жыл бұрын

I love ted talks and this is no exception

@user-qw1xe1fj8y 6 жыл бұрын

im the teenager who started music not long ago XDDD

@leemonjoseph 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for amazing books sir❤

@jongdonglu Жыл бұрын

need to bring down the costs of music education and raise the quality of it if you want to make it more accessible or beneficial

@ethnomusicexplained 10 жыл бұрын

We forget that the commodification of music is a very recent thing and a typically Western one.

@b7567 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@TurkiBinAli 5 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Richard Gill..

@ScottRobertson8675309 12 жыл бұрын

Wonderful presentation. Nicely done!

@moderndaywarrior5775 8 жыл бұрын

I have seen a couple TV commercials from NAMM encouraging people to play musical instruments. I'm happy to know that I am not the only person in the world who has noticed that musical instruments and instrumental music are dying a miserable death. The sad fact is that these commercials will not make any difference. Music educators are the only people in a position to make a difference and prevent the extinction of musical instruments. Unfortunately music educators do not care if instrumental music dies 10 or 20 or 50 years from now. All they care about is what score their ensemble gets at the next festival.

@georgemarkey3 8 жыл бұрын

I don't think you can say that about ALL music educators. Certainly not me, that's for sure.

@HIPEOPLE1887 8 жыл бұрын

I think I saw a poster by a clothing store that asked for people to bring band back to school. The problem: they all had guitars

@thepianoplayer416 7 жыл бұрын

I don't like to generalize. The reason why playing music (picking up an instrument) may be dying in some Western developed countries is because for many years parents rely on government funding into public education. In recent years there is a focus on the basics: Reading, Writing & Arithmetic due to budget cuts. In the Asian communities, many parents are willing to pay for their kids to take music lessons (private 1-on-1 or group) and kids are expected to pass music Conservatory grade levels. Even with gadgets that allow people to download music at a touch of a button, you still see many Asian kids at home practicing their violin or piano. I recently did research on the Suzuki Music Program from Japan. Their philosophy is "Every Child Can". Children are encouraged to take up an instrument at a young age and the parents would learn with them to act as tutors at home. First you learn to play by ear and then get into reading music. The Yamaha Education System (YES) also from Japan is similar. Yamaha keyboards have songs programmed in which can be used as a learning tool. When you enroll into a YES program with an instructor, you will be doing your own compositions in a few years and performing in front of an audience. Getting kids into a music program is popular in Asia (China, Japan, Korea included). They tend to take music as an academic exercise. Many Asian kids can play Classical compositions by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, etc. Classical pianists like Lang Lang & Yundi Li are treated like Pop stars. Even when playing a modern piece such as "Marriage d'Amour (Dream Wedding) or "The River Flows in You" by the Korean singer/songwriter Yiruma they would rely on reading sheet music. Nonetheless many do play an instrument.

@moderndaywarrior5775 7 жыл бұрын

The reason instrumental music and musical instruments are dying in the United States is because instrumental music educators are not teaching their students to respect and appreciate instrumental music. There are thousands and thousands of adults in the U.S. who participated in school instrumental ensembles and they they think instrumental music is boring and stupid just like the adults who did not participate in school instrumental music ensembles. Music educators are very selfish. They only care about how well their students perform and how much the students benefit their own egos and reputations. Teaching a student to play a musical instrument without teaching that student to respect and appreciate instrumental music is lazy, selfish, and destructive. Music educators are obsessed about teaching their students HOW to play music, but they they don't at all teach their students WHY.

@daveshocon6266 7 жыл бұрын

this is very true. I have been thinking about the reasons why the education sector is so stale for music and this is a good angle to look at. Thanks!

@Saic-ow4um 4 жыл бұрын

REST IN PEACE Richard Gill.

@user-tt2rq9mq9o 4 жыл бұрын

Very touching! LOVE IT

@garrysmalls7586 10 жыл бұрын

ask the right questions then, at least!

@LucidDream 12 жыл бұрын

Just awesome. I really want to teach chorus to kids...just need to go to school for it.

@anadibiswas513 3 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Richard Gill.

@keebo85 13 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful and true

@MusicBooksForKids 12 жыл бұрын

Very nice channel. Thank you for sharing your videos!

@yasminhussein724 6 жыл бұрын

I need to watch this cuz tomorrow I need to Wright an essay about this

@mehrsa4771 6 жыл бұрын

oml so do I xD

@fountainpen8689 4 жыл бұрын

me three

@DerekWilliamsMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Vale Richard Gill.

@caseygrant-zt2zb 10 ай бұрын

Speak unto the mass

@thecoolone264 3 жыл бұрын

rest in peace

@edkriegepiano 9 жыл бұрын

the english subtitles help me understand australian ;-)

@moderndaywarrior5775 9 жыл бұрын

If our current music education system is so wonderful, why has instrumental music completely disappeared from our culture? Instrumental music in the United States really doesn't exist outside of government funded institutions, even though there are thousands and thousands of adults in this country who participated in instrumental music ensembles in school. Those adults have no respect or appreciation for instrumental music or the people who have dedicated their lives to composing it, performing it, and teaching it. Those adults think instrumental music is stupid and boring, just like adults who did not participate in instrumental music ensembles in school. Adults who think instrumental music is stupid and boring do not support music education. Music education is dying because even people who participated in music education do not care if it lives or dies.

@garrysmalls7586 10 жыл бұрын

i left a pretty simple message. if you need clarifying, then... too bad.

@moderndaywarrior5775 9 жыл бұрын

I have been a professional musician for over 30 years. I have performed music in public, in the real world, outside of the artificial, pretend, make-believe, government-funded fantasy world of music education, thousands of times. It has been a miserable experience watching instrumental music disappear from our country over the last 30 years. It is fascinating how music educators continue along in blissful ignorance while there is a musical holocaust taking place in the real world, outside of their government-funded fantasy world. Music educators are uninterested in and/or unaware of the fact that their former students are contributing to this musical holocaust as much as any group of people. Music educators don't care that their former students are just as likely as anyone to think that instrumental music is stupid and boring and that the people who have dedicated their lives to composing, performing, and teaching instrumental music are a bunch of idiots. Music educators apparently think that music education will exist indefinitely in a country that thinks instrumental music is stupid and boring and a waste of time, money, and resources. Instrumental music is dead in this country, instrumental music education is dying, and music educators are doing nothing to stop it.

@fn7234 3 жыл бұрын

HEllo

@thomasnielsen757 5 жыл бұрын

I wish I could Kiss you

@LearnerChess 6 жыл бұрын

Begs the question: if music education is so important, why is it I'm not finding any courses on KZfaq? In the seven years since this was presented as something "important," there's nothing from any universities or other schools saying, "This is a $50* music keyboard. Here's what we can teach you to give you a comprehensive knowledge of this 'important' subject." *Meaning if you have fifty dollars, you can learn, regardless of your circumstances or where you live.

@franceseskridge3475 9 жыл бұрын

Music education can begin in the womb while language education is getting its start. If only I had known this years ago when I was pregnant, I would have programmed my unborn with the best of Baroque! and the Bible!! Too soon olde and too late shmart.

@Naoplays1 4 жыл бұрын