Alexis Kalivretenos Importance Of Music Education Summary

The article The Importance of Music Education written by Alexis Kalivretenos, a trumpet player with a Bachelors Degree in music education from the University of Maryland, is a compelling article that argues the importance of keeping music in the core curriculum of education systems across the nation. Kalivertenos uses a combination of ethos pathos and logos to argue that music should not only be kept in the curriculum but actually benefits the other subjects in the curriculum. Kalivertenos states that music has always taken a back seat to other core subjects such as math and reading. She backs this up with a ten-year study of high school students which states “students in music classes receive higher scores on standardized tests than students with little to no musical involvement.” (Kalivretenos). She states that this is important because our school systems are leaning more and more heavily on standardized testing scores. This logical argument effectively shows the benefits that schools can reap from the music system. The logical arguments continue with a hint of ethics by the use of a definition of what are to be considered core academic subjects …show more content…
Her arguments speak to everyone. She has logical arguments for school boards that need convicing that music is worth there money. She has emotional arguments for parents that need to know why their children are spending hours and hours of free time at school working with the band. She has ethical arguments for the public of citizens concerned about the wellbeing of the youth in their community. Not only all this but she also gives a voice to the thousands of music students that already knew all these things but don’t have a way to bring them up to the people around them. Music really does have innumerable benefits that can’t all be seen, but can definitely be felt by those