Deeper Learning In Band and Orchestra

Many years ago, I met a young musician who told me a story I’ll never forget. If you have ever wondered about the value of the arts, her story shows how the arts provide an opportunity to learn how to live a more creative and successful life. Students, families, and impassioned, innovative, thriving communities can grow with the guidance of teachers and artists who are deeply connected to the potential of the artistic process to provide comprehensive and relevant 21st century skill sets. This matters because our children—in fact all of us—are facing an increasingly challenging world that changes every day. It’s a world that’s asking us to think in new ways.

The arts enable us to have experience we can have from no other source and through such experience to discover the range and variety of what we are capable of feeling. ~ Elliot W. Eisner (1933-2014), former Stanford Professor and champion of arts education

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