What Can Classical Music do for You?
Continued from: Is Classical Music Elitist? Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 2 Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 3 Is Classical Music Elitist? Part 4 I’ve been posting quotes I find interesting from a discussion thread on The Guardian’s website, and Read More …
“Ask a CEO what they are looking for in an employee and they say they need people who understand teamwork, people who are disciplined, people who get the big picture. You know what they need? They need musicians.” —Former Arkansas Read More …
Occasionally, some of my friends take me to task about my blog entries, and that’s fine. They want to bring me back to the real world. They tell me that it’s wonderful I’m aggregating all these studies, but that what Read More …
Human resource experts are beginning to think that our focus needs to be not as much on science and math, but in the arts, in order to be globally competitive. An article by Kate Pielemeier in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette may Read More …
From my email, this press release from Peter Stevenson: [T]he Big Noise Sistema nucleo in Scotland is showing encouraging early results, both musically and the impact on the wider community. The children’s performance at the recent end of session concert Read More …
What does the Los Angeles Unified School District know that we don’t? Only one thing. They sent out a survey [pdf file] of the arts in the schools. “‘Do you think that arts education is of value to all students?’ Read More …
A fall 2005 survey of 1,045 principals by the U.S. Department of Education showed that only 3.44% believed that music had no effect on academic support. In fact, the statistics are even more revealing : Extent that music room(s) support Read More …
This post is a day early because I’ll be busy tomorrow with the St. Nicholas parish council. Originally I had planned to post on something else today, but I want to bring your attention to El Sistema. El Sistema (really Read More …
