Please Support Music Education

I'm a musician & can't go one single day without listening to music but you can't encourage people to be passionate about music. It's in your blood or not.

@infection

That’s a really odd reply. I am suggesting we spend a lot less on education than other nations, and that making music education available to all is important.

If students are never exposed to music, they can never be passionate about it. I’m not suggesting we should make musicians, or force people to like music. I am saying we are impoverishing our children by denying them the opportunity to learn at an early age.  Just like we do with art or history.  Music is more than something you buy. It's how you connect with and affect your peers.

In the US we spend less on music education than any other industrialized nation.  That's the definition of poverty to me.


Best,

Erik

I didn't say "not exposed to ANY music" There's a difference between having iTunes and having a musical literacy.

How does this happen? Lack of education.

Of course they are exposed to something, but the child who doesnt' learn about x type of music will never know if he/she likes it. Do we really want to leave it up to the commercial radio stations to educate our children about music and music from around the world?

Personally I grew up misically deprived had minimal exposure to music. It wasn't until I was in college that I realized how little I knew, or could appreciate.

This is something other countries feel passionate about educating their children in, and so share in the responsibility at the school level.

Of course, you don't have to think this is important.  I do. I think I want to live in a country in which music is part of every child's education, one way or another, and in a culture that is continuously enriched by those students.


Best,

Erik

What would be the syllabus for this music education?