What Musical Genres Do You Listen To?

May 12, 2012 at 11:06 PM

We had an interesting discussion in my last cello class. Our professor was basically saying that, as music educators, we should expose ourselves to as many different musical genres as possible. I have always agreed with this, because I think it is important to be able to relate to what our students are listening to. I mean, chances are that our students will not be blasting Beethoven on their iPods. Our professor was interested in seeing what everyone listened to outside of class and, let me tell you, I was quite surprised at the variety. In this small group of string players, we had interests that ranged from alternative to rap to Irish rock.

Personally, I mostly listen to classical (including movie soundtrakcs, which I love!), Broadway, contemporary Christian and some pop (just to keep up with what's current).

So, I am interested to open this question up to a larger community of string players. What musical genres do you listen to?

From Dave Bazell
Posted on May 19, 2012 at 3:43 PM

For me it varies. Right now it is totally classical, and even that is limited to Bach sonatas and partitas and Mendelssohn's Octet most of the time. Over that past six months I have listend to those pieces dozens of times, several times a day possibly. But other times I like classic rock, the Doors, Beatles, Hendrix. Usually my desire for rock goes away quickly and I come back to classical chamber music.

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