It's kind of like coaching two sports that have simultaneous seasons. All elementary students in Pinellas County have some form of music instruction. What's missing is a strings program that Reynolds hopes to reinstate. Music becomes an elective in middle school, and students can take more specific instrumental and choral classes. They may need a foreign language for college, so they can't fit music in, for example.
Students are more and more taking an 'and' philosophy instead of an 'or' philosophy.
A more immediate challenge will be marshaling 1,600 kids into a cohesive whole, which Miazga will do on Tuesday at the assembled group's only rehearsal together. And yes, I'll do it again next year. For information, call 898-3654. St. Petersburg Times. All rights reserved.