Music Education

- Methodologies: Suzuki, Dalcroze, Orff Schulwerk, Kodaly, Gordon
- MENC content standards include singing, performing, improvising, composing, and reading music
- Music programs cut back in many United States schools

Music education involves exposing children to the core principles and practices related to the understanding, appreciation, and performance of music. It is believed that music education assists children with the study of mathematics, history, and art, and encourages appropriate social interaction.
National Organizations
- The National Association for Music Education
- Music Teachers National Association
- American Choral Directors Association
- American String Teachers Association
- The Society for Music Teacher Education
Influencial Music Educators
- Leonard Bernstein
- Hildegard of Bingen
- Emile Jaques-Dalcroze
- Genichi Kawakami
- Zoltán Kodály
- Carl Orff
- Shinichi Suzuki

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- @danthesiser Pretty much same when I got to Uni. I think a lot of music education is poorly executed; Should be about music, not tradition.
- **Music is the movement of sound 2reach the soul for the education of its VIRTUE!**
- RT @THELUCKYSPOT405 #QUOTE Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue. Plato
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