Whenstudentsandparentsareaskedtoratesubjectsaccordingtotheirimportancetheartsareunavoidablyatthebottomofthelist.Musicisnicepeopleseemtosaybutnotimportant.Toooftenitisviewedasmereentertainmentbutcertainlynotaneducationpriority（优先）.Thisviewisshortsighted.Infactmusiceducationisbeneficialandimportantforallstudents.

Musictellsuswhoweare.BecausemusicisanexpressionofthebeingswhocreateititreflectstheirthinkingandvaluesaswelladthesocialenvironmentitcameinfluencethatGeorgeGershwinandothermusiciansintroducedintotheirmusicisobviouslyAmericanbecauseitcamefrom Americanmusicaltraditions.Musicexpressesourcharacterandvalues.Itgivesusidentityasasociety.

Musicprovidesakindofperception（感知）thatcannotbeacquiredanyotherway.Sciencecanexplainhowthesunrisesandsets.Theartsexploretheemotive（情感的）meaningofthesamephenomenon.Weneedeverypossiblewaytodiscoverandrespondtoourworldforonesimplebutpowerfulreason:Noonewaycangetitall.

Theartsareformsofthoughtaspowerfulinwhattheycommunicateasmathematicalandscientificsymbols.Theyarewayswehumanbeings“talk”toeachother.Theyarethelanguageofcivilizationthroughwhichweexpressourfearsourcuriositiesourhungersourdiscoveriesourhopes.Theartsarewayswegiveformtoourideasandimaginationsothattheycanbesharedwithothers.Whenwedonotgivechildrenaccesstoanimportantwayofexpressingthemselvessuchasmusicwetakeawayfromthemthemeaningsthatmusicexpresses.

Scienceandtechnologydonottelluswhatitmeanstobehuman.Theartsdo.Musicisanimportantwayweexpresshumansufferingcelebrationthemeaningandvalueofpeaceandlove.

Somusiceducationisfarmorenecessarythanpeopleseemtorealize.

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