Music Education Quotes

“Rule #1: No cut or compromise should be suggested by ANY member of the community. This includes the music coalition, music educators, and the music supervisor.

Suggest a cut or compromise, and you become responsible for the decision.”
― John Benham, Music Advocacy: Moving From Survival to Vision

“The key to becoming a proactive influence for music education is the development of a "dream list." It is more often referred to as a long-term plan. Do you know what you want your program to look like in the next five years? Ten years? Start now!”
― John Benham, Music Advocacy: Moving From Survival to Vision

“Perhaps the basic reason why every child must have an educatin in music is that music is a part of the fabric of our society. The intrinsic value of music for each individual is widely recognized in the many cultures that make up American life - indeed, every human culture uses music to carry forward its ideas and ideals.”
― Menc Task Force On General Music Course, Music Makes the Difference: Music, Brain Development, and Learning

“Perhaps the basic reason why every child must have an education in music is that music is a part of the fabric of our society. The intrinsic value of music for each individual is widely recognized in the many cultures that make up American life - indeed, every human culture uses music to carry forward its ideas and ideals.”
― Menc Task Force On General Music Course, Music Makes the Difference: Music, Brain Development, and Learning

“Traditionally in American schools music has been strongest at the high school level, where a marching band was needed to send off the football team.”
― Lois Choksy, The Kodaly Method I: Comprehensive Music Education

“Rap music is the newspaper of black people.”
― Jason Tanz, Other People's Property: A Shadow History of Hip-Hop in White America