Youth Music Exchange Program Analysis

When I attended the Crane Youth Music Camp (CYM) in Potsdam, NY for the first time in 2012, I studied vocal performance only for the reason that I enjoyed singing as a hobby. I felt lost being in a camp filled with future music majors, because at the time I wanted to be an engineer. It was not until I returned to CYM in 2014, when playing guitar and singing with my new friends, that I had my first realization. If I wanted to be an engineer, I would be at a STEM camp, but I had chosen to return to music, a place where I would stay.

Schools with music programs have a higher estimated graduation rate estimated at 90.2% and a higher attendance rate around 93.9% (11 Facts about Music Education 7). In comparison, schools without music programs; however, average a72.9% graduation and an 84.9% attendance (11 Facts about Music Education 7). Additionally, students who study art are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement and three times more likely to be awarded for school attendance than those who do not (11 Facts about Arts in Education 2). Despite the benefits of having a music and art program, they are often the first things to go when a school starts budget cuts. Due to, schools today focusing on four main core values: Math, Science, English, and History. Consequently, by focusing on these four main core values schools are crushing the creativity of students. Ken Robinson successfully argues this viewpoint in his TED Talk, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” By enthralling the audience with humorous rhetorical questions, creating connections with the audience through logical and relatable examples, and by keeping a fairly concerned tone throughout his speech to convey the urgency of the issue at hand Robinson effectively and subtlety attacks the modern world’s education system while at the same time informing his audience how schools are squandering the creativity of their students

I identify myself as a part of the music program; I have a background with music; I have an interest in what music is and I have a talent in music. I need to add in any application that I have been a part of the music program since the start of my music career. Music has played a part in who I am.

The Nashville After Zone Alliance Professional Development for Youth Program Coordinators will include the following.

On Sunday, February 28, 2016 at 4:00 pm, at the Carpenter Theatre Dominion Arts Center, the Richmond Symphony Youth Orchestra played side by side with the Richmond Symphony. The instrumentation of the youth orchestra consisted of ten first violins, ten second violins, four violas, nine cellos, five basses, three flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, three trumpets, three trombones, a tuba, and two harps. The Richmond Symphony has twenty-one violins, seven violas, ten cellos, five double basses, three flutes, one piccolo, two oboes, one English horn, two clarinets, two E-flat clarinets, one bass clarinet, two bassoons, a contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, two trombones, one bass trombone, a tuba, a timpani, three

Across much of the United States, education budgets, most markedly the funding for music education, are being slashed due to Congressional attempts to balance the budget. Although many areas are affected by a lack of music education for students, according to the Detroit Free Press people from impoverished areas such as Detroit complain that over half of public schools in their area have no instrumental or vocal music instruction. This bankrupts many children from learning skills that could not only have turned into future career aspirations, but would have enriched their educational experience. It is clear that more funding should be allocated to districts for music education because it can encourage higher academic performance, encourage tolerance among an increasingly diversified student body, and greatly contribute to mental and physical health.

I have attached the list of students currently registered for the Music Open House, we have five. We need to get confirmation letters out to these students ASAP. Do you want to send those from your department or would you like us to take care of that? Another possibility would be for you to draft a letter, and we could take care of sending it out along with a campus map.

In the article Superintendents Speak up for Music Education by Karen Cross, it was all about how the superintendents in four different districts viewed the music program. The four districts that they focused on were Fort Bend ISD, Dripping Springs ISD, Klein ISD, and Mesquite ISD. This article was more in an interview format, every superintended was asked the same question. The four of them seemed to agree on one thing, that is the importance of having a music program in the schools. When asked about some of the benefits that students attain from being in a music program, they all agreed that it helps them develop life skills. The music program can be seen as a relaxing class by many students. When using the word relaxing, I am not referring

I propose initiating the “Listen-Up Project” in our schools. The idea for the Listen-Up Project comes from the waning funds for music education in schools as well as the want and need for more and better music education programs. Communities and lower-income schools such as this one do not always have the funding to provide for the demand of these programs. Quality programs can have profoundly positive effects on students’ character as well as their academic achievement. This program would be a nonprofit, volunteer and donation-fueled project. While this is only a theoretical business model right now, I would like to explore making this program a reality in the future. The goal of the Listen-Up Project is to provide a safe environment that

Approval. The North Dakota State University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved this study. All participants consented to having their interviews recorded for verbatim transcription per the Informed Consent form.

There has been much controversy about whether music and art should be funded in public schools throughout the United States. Students do much better when they aren’t stuck sitting in a classroom and can express themselves creatively. In fact, it has been scientifically proven that creativity is the highest level of thinking, and when the government stopped funding the programs at a school in Ohio, statistics showed that there was a downfall in the student body’s performance (Kevin W. Gerrity). Even though the government’s money is tight, the last thing they should do is cut funds from the art and music programs, since it gives the students a creative outlet and enhances their learning abilities.

I’m highly interested in proposing ways to create an artistic program for underprivileged youth. After coming across young children from low-income during my media project in Romania, it has inspired me to implement a program to engage youth with the arts. Some students are often gifted with the opportunity to pursue their artistic expression; I want to help children who don’t have the same equity to enjoy visual arts education in their spare time. In addition, from my previous experience with arts in high school, I want to provide a program that gives the same opportunities of artistic expression and leadership skills for young students in marginalized communities in the Greater Toronto Area.

The article “Assessment in Performance-Based Secondary Music Classes,” focuses on theories of assessment and grading practices in high school music ensembles (Pellegrino, Conway, and Russell, 2015). Research findings were shared from Joshua Russell and James Austin regarding the survey results of secondary music teachers. These results showed that the majority of the 352 teachers that responded determined their students’ performance-based summative grades “by a combination of achievement and nonachievement criteria, with the nonachievement criteria receiving greater weight (60 percent)” (Pellegrino, Conway, and Russell, 2015, p. 49). The nonachievement categories graded included participation, attendance, attitude, and effort. Only 40

Musicians can open free access to music classes from all around the world. People can realize the importance of music. There are people that don't make a great living which turns out worse. People should be able to be motivated in pursuing music. From pursuing music less crimes would happen because people are just focused on a great living with music.

Much too often in America today, modern music and art programs in schools are perceived to many as extracurricular activities rather than important subjects that are vital to a student’s learning and skill development. The truth of the matter is that encouraging music and art education in public schools has a much larger impact on student’s grades, academic performance, and the economy than the majority people realize. Within the next year city school budgets will be dropping by twenty five percent, and despite the fact that music and art programs have been showing a dramatic contribution to student’s learning, this substantial drop in funding for the programs will lead to no dedicated money for art or music programs (Mezzacappa). There is