I enjoy listening to other people play and I wish I could play just one instrument well.
My husband and I raised three children. Each child had music education for several years during his/her school years. They are all grownups and now I can see the influence of music education in their lives.
The impact was huge. Even though all of my children majored in studies other than music, music has played a big role in composing their personalities. It has affected them making decisions in many areas in their lives.
Music is special. No matter what kind of environment a child has, growing with or without music would lead the child to different paths. If I was asked what made education in America distinct from other countries I am familiar with, I would say music education, especially the school band program.
Yes, I am a fan of school band. With three years of experience in middle school band, children can achieve an important life lesson, delayed gratification. They will learn that practice makes perfection and tenacity leads them to satisfaction, physically and mentally. They will also learn how important their responsibilities are to the band in order to make music happen. They will experience how their noisy- at -the -start efforts transform into beautiful music in less than a year.
At the end of the school year, you will be invited to their concert. There, you will see, hear and feel what they have accomplished in their band during the year. You will be amazed at how wonderful the opportunity is that you gave to your children.
I want this Schoolbandmom blog to be the spark to many parents to decide to give their children an opportunity to participate in school band education. I will post my journals from experience as well as information about band education, band instruments, and schedules of different programs that relate to band education through the school year. I wish this to be the place that parents can share the experience, students can get information, and directors can offer advice about participating in this amazing program, school band.
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Dear Stella,
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful, wonderful, impressive and awe-inspiring blog you have created. That was a lot of heart felt effort and planning on your part. It's an honor to be the first to post! Best wishes!!!
"Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue." Plato
"The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it." Henry David Thoreau
"Music is well said to be the speech of angels." Thomas Carlyle
It's wonderful to know that there is someone who really loves and cares the school band. I enjoy reading your article.
ReplyDeleteKeep on going Schoolbandmom!!
This is great! I was in the middle school band as well as high school band which was a more peculiar than other high school bands but music definitely helped me see the world definitely. Though I'm a college graduate now music never stopped in my life and it probably never will!
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