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The Virtue of Practice

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Sight-reading is not a special gift; it does not require special talent; it is a matter of mere practice and can be acquired by anyone who has musical sense.”-Ernst von Dohnanyi, lecture at Ohio University, 1949, quoted in Ilona von Dohnanyi, A Song of Life (2002)

The Music of the Universe

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“The music of the universe can only be heard in silence.”

Music Is Supremely Enjoyable

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“I enjoy lots of things, especially ice cream, but even something as supremely enjoyable as ice cream can’t begin to compare with music. Music comes in an almost infinite variety of flavors. It lasts longer than ice cream. It can be enjoyed anytime and anyplace, in any quantity. And it’s not fattening.”

Swedish Proverb on Music

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Those who wish to sing always find a song.”

The Art of Music

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes—ah, that is where the art resides.”

Music as a Refuge

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”

Fighting for Music Education

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Music education is something so important that it needs people willing to do what it takes to keep it alive in schools—including schmoozing with officials and keeping these folks informed about its many benefits to young people.”

World Peace

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”

Music Should Be at the Heart of the Curriculum

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“If we realize that music operates in the realm of feeling and can educate for humanness in an increasingly mechanistic and depersonalized society, music will no longer be considered a frill; it can operate as a core subject lying at the heart of the school curriculum.”

11 Benefits of Music Education: #11 The Human Spirit

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“The music program enlivens the spirit of the students and the school as a whole. The direct effect of music on feelings of both performers and listeners makes it a powerful force in the development of school spirit.”

11 Benefits of Music Education: #10 Enriching Life

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Participation in the music program admits students to a creative mode by which they can enrich their lives through self-expression and response to the expression of others.”

11 Benefits of Music Education: #9 Discipline

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Participation in the music program provides a focus for disciplined effort. Participation in performance groups and music classes provides motivation for and requires disciplined effort and systematic work pointed toward the achievement of a worthy goal.”

11 Benefits of Music Education: #8 Self-Confidence

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Participation in the music program provides a means to the development of self-confidence. Success in musical achievement, which is possible to a degree for all students, represents a powerful means to ego satisfaction and the development of self-confidence.”

11 Benefits of Music Education: #7 Social Interaction

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Participation in the music program provides all students with the opportunity to develop resources for a rewarding personal life and for positive social interaction. Music provides an ideal focus for lifelong learning and for the worthy use of leisure time in personal and social settings.”

11 Benefits of Music Education: #6 Participation in Society

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Participation in the music program prepares our people to participate meaningfully in the rites and rituals of our society.“It is difficult and devastating even to contemplate a society bereft of music. Public and private events would indeed be routine and lifeless without the imaginative appeal of music.”

11 Benefits of Music Education: #5 Learning Our Musical Heritage

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Participation in the music program reveals to all students the richness and breadth of our musical heritage.”

11 Benefits of Music Education: #4 Development of Musicianship

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Participation in the music program enables all students to develop their musical talent and musicianship to the highest possible level.”

11 Benefits of Music Education: #3 Musical Talent

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Participation in the music program enables all students to discover their level of musical talent. Giftedness involves talents of many types including verbal, mathematical, musical, athletic, and artistic…The identification and nurturing of the musically gifted are essential to continuing enrichment of the American culture, and the music program can contribute greatly to that end.”

11 Benefits of Music Education: #2 Imagination and Creativity

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Participation in the music program engages the imagination and creativity of all students and enables them to cultivate their imaginative potential that contributes greatly to the richness of living.”

11 Benefits of Music Education: #1 Nonverbal Communication

Added: Jun 23, 2010 - View

“Participation in the music program inducts all students into a unique system of nonverbal symbols through which the noblest thoughts and feelings of human beings have been expressed and can be communicated.”