The Houston Chronicle in Texas wrote an article on drug and alcohol and the Texas Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse organization said, “Secondary students who participated in band or orchestra reported the lowest lifetime and current use of all substances (alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs)”. Music not only helps students with music but with becoming a person of character. It took a lot of work to get music education into schools and it will take a lot of work to keep it there however it is essential for a student’s education.
Music Education is not something that appeared from thin air. If a child wanted to learn how to play an instrument, that child would attend private lessons. Although, that was before Mason and Woodbridge crossed paths and became model builders of music instruction. Once their paths crossed, they started to develop a music education system in the city of Boston. Mason started out by giving private lessons to a few students in 1828. Masons class grew to five hundred within a small time. By 1833, the Boston Academy of Music began with approximately fifteen hundred students (Shorner-Johnson 51).
Through the schools quality of performance and reputation was the school allowed to grow so quickly. The Boston Academy of Music was important for the advocacy of music because it brought the …show more content…
“The so-called reform movement” (Shuler 7) has turned some districts into a place of memorization for tests instead of preparing the child for a full and exciting life. It is time for policy makers to take heed of John Lubbock’s words, who said, “Reading and writing, arithmetic, and grammar do not constitute education any more than a knife, fork, and spoon constitute a dinner (Shuler 7). Students cannot achieve success, much less lead full lives, without a balanced education that includes music and other arts” (Shuler
Music Education is not something that appeared from thin air. If a child wanted to learn how to play an instrument, that child would attend private lessons. Although, that was before Mason and Woodbridge crossed paths and became model builders of music instruction. Once their paths crossed, they started to develop a music education system in the city of Boston. Mason started out by giving private lessons to a few students in 1828. Masons class grew to five hundred within a small time. By 1833, the Boston Academy of Music began with approximately fifteen hundred students (Shorner-Johnson 51).
Through the schools quality of performance and reputation was the school allowed to grow so quickly. The Boston Academy of Music was important for the advocacy of music because it brought the …show more content…
“The so-called reform movement” (Shuler 7) has turned some districts into a place of memorization for tests instead of preparing the child for a full and exciting life. It is time for policy makers to take heed of John Lubbock’s words, who said, “Reading and writing, arithmetic, and grammar do not constitute education any more than a knife, fork, and spoon constitute a dinner (Shuler 7). Students cannot achieve success, much less lead full lives, without a balanced education that includes music and other arts” (Shuler