Breathe Piano

People often refer to a book opening up worlds to them. So, in turn, does music. Music unlocks learning to connect life to training received. It goes to the very core of who you are. Unless knowledge becomes a part of you, it is not truly useful.

Issac Hayes, composer, arranger, and performer, once said, Have you ever wondered why young people take to music like fish take to water? Maybe it's because music is fun. Plain and simple. It opens up their minds to great dreams. This idea points to a responsibility schools have to enrich education with music.

Imagine a movie is playing. You are captivated. Love is in the air as the music swells during a romantic moment shared between the actors. Suddenly the music changes, causing your adrenaline to pump. The background music triggers your emotions. You become more enraptured with the story unfolding due to the music's tone better setting the stage.

This is one reason music should be incorporated into the curriculum. Students naturally will be more tuned in if melody serves as a backdrop. It sets the stage. It inspires and enchants. Attaching an emotion to something sets it in one's memory more securely. Music is especially useful for this.

Music reaches across the curriculum. It also reaches across diverse backgrounds and culture. A teacher's excitement and enthusiasm naturally produces a like response from the students. Music in particular has a special quality that invokes stimulation.

Plato validates the importance of music in education in the following quote, I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for in the patterns of music and all the arts are the keys of learning.