Student leaders are often found in the Music Department. The dux or valedictorian is often found in the Music Department. Those who are found in the Music Department are often found at the top of their chosen field later in life. Music helps young people become the...
Some young people don't succeed until music. Some don't feel part of something until music.Some don't feel comfortable until music.Some don't feel included until music.Some don't feel understood until music. Some don't believe until music. Music can make all the...
People never forget being in a band.People never forget being in a choir.People never forget being in an orchestra.You never forget the music, friendships, feelings, concerts, laughter, emotions, or the sense of belonging.There's nothing like making music with other...
Want young people to work together? Put them in a music ensemble. Want them to listen to each other? Put them in a music ensemble. Want them to learn the importance of personal responsibility?Put them in a music ensemble. Want them to connect?Put them in a music...
You start to learn an instrument, then you join a music ensemble, then you make lifelong friends, then you make lifelong memories, then you take your instrument wherever you go and replicate the process. A musical instrument is a key that opens the door to so many...
Once you've sung in a choir, or played in a band or orchestra, or played in any music ensemble, you're never the same again. Your ears, your eyes, and your heart are opened up in ways not possible by any other means. Music feeds us, it nourishes us, and it brings us...
The Music Department is an alternate universe where pupils are often unrecognizable from who they are outside of it. The shy become confident. The agitated become calm. The lonely become included. The quiet become heard. And the lost become found. Music reveals the...