Fine arts, specifically music, should be included in school curriculums. Incorporating music into the curriculum would help students practice skills used in other areas. A significant portion of our culture is embodied in art and music.
Fine arts, specifically music, should be included in school curriculums. Incorporating music into the curriculum would help students practice skills used in other areas. A significant portion of our culture is embodied in art and music.
Fine arts, specifically music, should be included in school curriculums. Incorporating music into the curriculum would help students practice skills used in other areas. A significant portion of our culture is embodied in art and music.
Throughout history, music and art have been vital parts of each and every culture but more recently these institutions have been appreciated less. Many schools are being forced to shut down their liberal arts programs either for a money deficit or for a growing emphasis on core classes. Although some people discourage it as a required course fine arts, specifically music, should be included in school curriculums because it improves students performance in other subjects and is a major part of our culture. Including music into the curriculum would help students practice skills used in other areas. For example, keeping time would help a students math skill as how fast a note is played is recorded as a fraction note; the longest note is a whole note and the shortest note is a sixteenth note. According to Lydia Kontos, art and music programs are being cut and a laser-sharp focus is being placed on reading and math because of budget pressures and stringent standardized testing guidelines. Regardless, the nations report card states that math skills have dropped for the first time in a decade (Kontos). Another study by the University of Florida, depicted in an infographic, reports that music appreciation students score 42 points higher on the math SAT section. This could be extremely helpful as math has a notoriety of being difficult. Music helps not only in academic subjects but also soft skills as well. Employers want people with technical abilities and abilities to think creatively and work in groups (Cohen). These are typically gained in liberal arts training. The University of Floridas other infographic, Why Half Brain Teaching Isnt Enough, depicts Albert Einstein, Marissa Mayer, and Steve Jobs as Personalities with strong creative and technical skills. These are people who are highly successful because they are able to think logically and creatively. In a graduation speech, Steve Jobs told the story of how he dropped out of college and attended a typography class. By studying the liberal arts he was able to later create a computer with various different fonts. A significant portion of our culture is embodied in art and music. Andy Warhol creates art that includes celebrities, famous characters, and even a can of Campbells soup. These are artworks that represent what is popular in American culture. The same goes for music. Karl Paulnacks welcome address at The Boston Conservatory encourages the incoming students to not doubt their decision to study music at a higher level. In his address, Paulnack recounts that the first public expression of grief after September eleventh was a concert at Lincoln Center. Music keeps record of emotions during historic events. The Star Spangled Banner was written on a boat in the midst of the Revolution and I Wish I Was in Dixie was written during the Civil War. These are valuable pieces of history that should not be overlooked by school curriculums. Unfortunately many schools have discarded music and fine art courses and have consequently put their students at a disadvantage. By implementing Liberal arts into the curriculums of schools, from elementary through college, will see an increase in students performances.