Middle School Band and Chorus
Why learn music anyway?
Well, if you are into the scholarly-type of reading, you can check out this article for a bit of information on the impact music (and particularly playing an instrument) can have on a young, or maybe even not so young, mind.
Or, if you are more for sitting back and hearing someone describe it to you, this is a great example from Richard Gill (conductor) at Tedx Talks. He offers up the concept that "the abstraction about music is what offers a child the chance to move into a really special world of thinking" (7:16).
Well, if you are into the scholarly-type of reading, you can check out this article for a bit of information on the impact music (and particularly playing an instrument) can have on a young, or maybe even not so young, mind.
Or, if you are more for sitting back and hearing someone describe it to you, this is a great example from Richard Gill (conductor) at Tedx Talks. He offers up the concept that "the abstraction about music is what offers a child the chance to move into a really special world of thinking" (7:16).
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