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    Updated: 2004-03-22 01:00

    Australia teaches country music

    澳大利亞開設世界首家鄉村音樂學院

    Australia has opened its first country music academy within a Queensland high school in an attempt to improve the genre's credibility among young people.

    Teacher Geoff Walden said he believed the centre at Gympie State High School was the first of its kind in the world.

    "We are hoping that Gympie will be the launch pad for many careers in the country music industry," he said.

    Country is the second biggest-selling style of music in Australia, according to the Country Music Association.

    Mr Walton said country music was more popular than rock and pop in many parts of Australia because of the "frontier mentality" of Outback inhabitants, similar to that which produced the US country music scene.

    But he acknowledged some school pupils did not take the genre seriously.

    "They associate it with twangy, hillbilly music and don't realise there are many different styles within the genre," he said.

    Classes will teach young people the basics of song-writing, video production, marketing and management alongside their usual curriculum studies.

    Mr Walden hopes to expand the scheme with the help of the Australian Institute of Country Music so students will be able to take a degree in country music at the local university.

    The Country Music Association of Australia already runs short intensive courses to help young up-and-coming musicians progress in their music careers.

    Gympie, two hours north of Brisbane, is well-known for its country music associations - the city hosts the annual National Country Music Muster every August.

    (Agencies)

    澳大利亞昆士蘭的一所高中開設了全國第一個鄉村音樂學院,力圖提高鄉村音樂形式在年輕人中的影響力。

    杰夫·沃爾登老師說他相信金皮州立高中的這個鄉村音樂中心是世界上第一個鄉村音樂學院。

    “我們希望金皮成為鄉村音樂事業騰飛的起點,”他說。

    據鄉村音樂協會說,鄉村音樂是澳大利亞第二大暢銷的音樂形式。

    沃爾登說,在澳大利亞的許多地方鄉村音樂比搖滾和流行音樂更受歡迎,這是由于內地居民所特有的“拓荒情節”,它和美國鄉村音樂產生的背景類似。

    但是他承認有些學生對待鄉村音樂的態度不太嚴肅。

    他說:“他們把鄉村音樂和似弦聲的山地音樂混為一談,而且他們沒有意識到鄉村音樂中有許多不同的種類。”

    除了學習日常課程外,年輕人們還將學習歌曲創作、電視制作、市場營銷和管理等課程。

    沃爾登希望在澳大利亞鄉村音樂學會的幫助下擴大辦學計劃,這樣學生們可以在當地的大學獲得鄉村音樂的學位。

    澳大利亞鄉村音樂協會已經開設了短期的強化課程來幫助那些有前途的青年音樂家拓展他們的音樂事業。

    金皮的鄉村音樂協會很出名,金皮位于布里斯班北部,距布里斯班兩小時車程。一年一度的國家鄉村音樂會每年8月都在金皮舉行。

    in an attempt to: 力圖
    twangy: 似弦聲的
    hillbilly music: 山地音樂
    up-and-coming: 有前途的

    (中國日報網站譯)

     
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