Why Music Education
We’ve said before that we believe music education is a reason and a means to succeed. That begs the question, why?
Most people inherently understand that there is something special and important about music, something they can’t quite explain. It moves the soul in a way nothing else really does.
We wish that were enough, but clearly it isn’t – funding for music programs in schools and elsewhere is often the first budget cut made. Music is viewed as an unnecessary extra. But, experience reveals music is an essential component of a complete education. Here’s why:
We’ve said before that we believe music education is a reason and a means to succeed. That begs the question, why?
Most people inherently understand that there is something special and important about music, something they can’t quite explain. It moves the soul in a way nothing else really does.
We wish that were enough, but clearly it isn’t – funding for music programs in schools and elsewhere is often the first budget cut made. Music is viewed as an unnecessary extra. But, experience reveals music is an essential component of a complete education. Here’s why:
- Music uniquely engages the totality of the brain. >>>
- Music education builds perseverance, discipline, and confidence.
- Music assists in development of problem-solving skills.
- Learning music increases working potential.
- Students who develop musical skill discover that they can do more than they previously imagined possible.
- Music inherently progresses a person from dependence to independence to interdependence, a process that is necessary to becoming a fully-functioning adult (Ruby Payne).
- Music impacts people on multiple levels: intellectually, emotionally, spiritually, physically, relationally.
- Music teachers can be instrumentally positive mentors for their students.
- Music grows the concept of one’s own potential.