Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them - a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music. - Gerald Ford
Notes From the Band Room
"Playing music has allowed me to gain new skills, new knowledge, and new perspectives on the world. When music is involved, there are always opportunities."
Thank you for sharing, Maddie!
Tuesday's Music Truth
Music education prepares the brain for achievement. - Arts Education Partnership, 2011
Meet Aubrey!
Meet Aubrey! Aubrey plays the flute, and has been since the 5th grade. She attends Warren Mott and Macomb Mathematics Science Technology Center. She takes part in Varsity Marching Band, Cadet Band, and the DSO Youth Ensemble! Music is a big part of Aubrey's life, instrumentally and through dance too!
Think Differently
Here's this week's Music Truth!
Music may not make you a genius, or rich, or even a better person. But it helps train you to think differently, to process different points of view --- and most important, to take pleasure in listening. - Joanne Lipman, Is Music the Key to Success?, New York Times, 2013.