Why study music?
Music is one of the hallmarks of what it means to be a human being.
If we can keep a gentle spot somewhere in our kids, we'll make a better
nation. Computers can't do that. Music can.
A few can touch the magic string,
and noisy Fame is proud to win them,
Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
___Oliver Wendell Holmes, The
Voiceless
"I think that the business of moving towards performance is a really
powerful vehicle for promoting written language in that it brings
students back and forth between oral and written
language." The Arts/LiteracyProject at Brown University - teacher
"It is a wonderful, wonderful process for kids to understand more about
writing, more about acting, and most importantly, more about working
together."
The Arts/LiteracyProject at Brown University - actor
JUST AS THERE CAN BE NO MUSIC WITHOUT LEARNING, NO EDUCATION IS
COMPLETE WITHOUT MUSIC. MUSIC MAKES THE
DIFFERENCE.
The National
Commission on Music Education
Since the beginnings of civilization, music has been universally recognized as crucial to quality education, for two reasons:
- Every civilization
recognizes that both formal and informal music education prepares
children for what life ultimately requires. Music education
fosters creativity, teaches effective communication, provides basic
tools for a critical assessment of the world around us, and encourages
the abiding values of self-discipline and commitment.
- Music and the other arts have been
recgnized as unique to human capabilities and creativity, as a means to
self-discovery and self-expression, and as a fundamental part of
civilization itself.
|
