Anne Ozorio wrote:

>Look at many orchestras - Korean players, Chinese and Japanese.  Both
>native born, mixed race and second generation.

I wonder what accounts for the increase in players from those parts of
the world.  I am reminded that Western art music is a relatively recent
development in the history of Japan.  As I recall the first Symphony
written by a Japanese composer dates from the early part of the 20th
Century.

In your post you also mentioned some of benefits of both the participation
and appreciation of art music.  I wonder what a list of those benefits
might be.  I have often thought how many praise sports as a way to develop
team spirit, but what about chamber music...as far as I know, no child
ever died from playing chamber music!

Karl