WHY
CHOOSE MUSIC EDUCATION?
- It
builds confidence
- Instills
quality values
- Increases
intelligence levels
- Teaches
the rewards of self motivation
- Focuses
listening skills (sadly lacking today and much needed)
- Fine
tunes motor co-ordinations
- Stimulates
creativity, which is itself a fulfilling experience
- Is
an outlet for emotional expression and communication
- Therapy
for the soul, something we all love.
- Explores
all aspects of the self, physical, emotional and spiritual.
- Many
happy and varied careers exist in music.
In short
music is a journey of self discovery that
is endless and rewarding.
It
is one of the most truthful forms of expression and
communication. It bonds people, creates real connection (a much
needed and necessary aspect of our modern world which is largely
money and consumer orientated.)
Explores
a world that you cant touch, yet is one you can experience very
deeply and emotionally. It can change and improve
moods, such as when one is moved by a piece of beautiful
music, or is motivated to get up and dance or tap out the rhythms.
It is available and appreciated by everyone on all levels through
it’s many styles and forms of expression, from classical,
to pop, jazz and other genres.
It is
used in ceremonies, weddings, religions, funerals, for marches,
assemblies, functions, fund raisers, carnivals, circus, ballets,
operas, plays, movies, advertising, comedy acts, as therapy
for illnesses and simply for pleasure, for lovers,
for nostalgia, to meditate with, or to send to sleep.
It is
found everywhere from shopping malls, restaurants to lifts, through
recordings on CD and other formats, prominent on radio, TV, Film,
DVD, video, cell phones, computers and perhaps most importantly
in live performance. We need music and
clearly cannot do without it, as it forms part of our lives.
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