Arts Education Aids Students In Skills Needed In The Workplace

Monday, March 28, 2016 No Comments
“Arts education aids students in skills needed in the workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate, the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and to strive for excellence.”
~ Joseph M. Calahan, Director of Cooperate Communications, Xerox Corporation.

Music And All The Arts Are The Key To Learning

Friday, March 25, 2016 No Comments
“I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.”
~ Plato

We Must Teach Music In Schools

Thursday, March 24, 2016 No Comments
“Whoever has skill in music is of good temperament and fitted for all things. We must teach music in schools.”
~ Martin Luther

Mike Wilson (Mook) – Paige’s Music Staff Spotlight

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1 Comment

Mike Wilson is one of the woodwind repair technicians in our repair shop. Take a few minutes and learn more about him and a few new tidbits about Paige’s!

 

Music Puts Students In Better Mood For Learning

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 No Comments
“Students of all ages – that includes adults – generally find that music helps them focus more clearly on the task at hand and puts them in a better mood for learning.”
~ Chris Brewer, founder of LifeSounds Educational Services, quoted in “Boost Memory and Learning with Music,” pbs.org, Cheri Lucas.

Music Is Freaking Magical

Monday, March 21, 2016 No Comments
“Music is freakin’ magical. In 40-some years I have never gotten over it — you take some seemingly random marks on a page, you blow air through a carefully constructed tube, and what comes out the other side is a sound that can convey things that words cannot. And you just blow air through a tube. Or pull on a string. Or whack something. And while we can do a million random things with a million random objects, somehow, when we just blow some air through a tube, we create sounds that can move other human beings, can reach right into our brains and our hearts. That is freakin’ magical.”
~ Peter Greene, “Stop ‘defending’ music education,” The Huffington Post, June 11, 2015.

Music Is About Communication, Creativity and Cooperation

Friday, March 18, 2016 No Comments
“Music is about communication, creativity, and cooperation, and by studying music in schools, students have the opportunity to build on these skills, enrich their lives, and experience the world from a new perspective.”
~ Bill Clinton, Former President of the United States

Music Education Opens Doors

Thursday, March 17, 2016 No Comments
“Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them – a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes music.”
~ Gerald Ford, Former President of the United States