Lisztomania (n.): The Need to Have Music All The Time

  Hey guys! just a quick blurb before you continue reading: my original interview was almost an hour long, and that translated to about 15 pages of unedited words; I went back in, cut out sentence fillers, and got it down to 10 pages, but I know *nobody* wants to read that--so instead, I've only included smaller chunks of the entire thing!  The person I interviewed is Dr. Bani--she is the most wonderful person, and a music educator, so she had some interesting things to say! I *did* get special permission because of my precarious family state, but please don't repeat what I did! this was only under very rare circumstances that I was allowed to do this.  This will also be color coded; any questions I ask will be in blue , and important responses will be in white ; details that I think are funny or interesting will be in pink ! Remember--only the white things are important; she talks a LOT!!  Rachel Bani's Journey With Music S: I'm here with Dr. Bani; I'm going to be ...

  ☺Musical Rituals and Patterns☺  I already posted about one of my musical rituals in my intro post, so I'll have to come up with some others.... Ashokan Farewell - Fiddle Fever    Alright, let's go ahead and get the sad stuff out of the way!  Ashokan Farewell was played at the end of every year in middle school as a way to send off the 8th graders to high school, since my district considered 9th grade as part of the "high school campus." At that time, the orchestra teacher was Mrs. Diehn, and she was literally the closest thing I will ever have to a "second mother." She was leaving teaching in my 7th grade year, so we played Ashokan Farewell one last time-- not only to send off the eighth grade kids, but also her. Covid hit my 8th grade year, so I didn't get to play Ashokan Farewell again after her departure, and I think it's actually a fitting end to me playing that piece--the last time I played it was the last year I was able to see her. She regul...

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