In today’s world, with economies failing everywhere, when men and women are being startled out of their comfort zones and awakened to a world fraught with peril, the importance of music education would seem diminished, even a foolish indulgence to some. How can we justify spending money on music teachers and music supplies when we barely have enough to pay for books on practical subjects, on supplies to teach our children to build, fix, computer, to give them skills by which they may keep themselves and their own children alive? Vocational training, work training, and practical arts have taken center stage. In the face of economic crisis, the importance of music education in the minds of many is nil.
It has been said that man does not live by bread alone. Indeed, man, to be man, requires more than bread and water to be a man. Humans have been created, not only with a stomach and a thirst but with a heart and mind, both of which need the nourishment of their own. Fail to nourish these, and the man stands to lose what is just as precious as the life of the body: the man without music stands to lose the life of the soul. Music is food for the heart of man
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