How Musicians Can Save the World
There's a great little profile of Daniel Barenboim, the Israeli classical conductor, in last week's Time magazine. In describing his work at the helm of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, a youth orchestra made up of Israeli and Arab musicians, Eben Harrell creates a very hopeful picture of the value of classical music:"It is a transformational experience for the musicians," Barenboim says. "Being an orchestral musician means you have to express yourself to the utmost while simultaneously listening and responding. That's an important skill for conflict resolution- and for life."
I always had a hunch that all of those years of playing old, unpopular music had a reason more sophisticated than "It'll help your math skills." I believe Mr. Barenboim is on the right track.
posted by Mike @ 9:37 PM
2 Comments:
I totally agree! I never liked the "Music is a path to better Math" argument that much. Though, if it works for more funding in schools we'll take it!
Learning music makes people work together and teaches sensitivity, not to mention giving students life-long enhanced enjoyment of it.
Hooray!
I love that! What a cool quote.
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