Grammy in the Schools Live! The Importance of Music Education!

This article talks about the importance of music education. Why children need to learn music. Vrrtuoso can help you achieve your goal!

"Haleigh Bowers performs during GRAMMY in the Schools Live! – A Celebration of Music & Education, presented by Ford Motor Company Fund at The Montalban Theater on February 07, 2019, in Los Angeles.

When Ray Parker Jr. was attending Northwestern High School in Detroit, it was the school’s music programs and the power of song that provided the inspiration for him to pursue his show-business dreams.

“If it wasn’t for music, I’d probably be a juvenile delinquent or I’d be working at an automobile plant,” says the 1971 graduate of the high school, located down the street from Motown and which also counts luminaries like Diana Ross as alumni. “You didn’t have many options other than those, so music is what got me out of the city.” 

As a result, Parker -- who’s perhaps best known for his ubiquitous 1984 theme for Ghostbusters -- was deeply affected when he heard the school slashed its budget and cut music programs out entirely. “In some communities, everyone wants to play football or whatever, but in ours, everyone wanted to play an instrument or sing; the person next door, the person upstairs, the guy down the street. So when I heard they canceled the music program, I thought, ‘What genius decided to do that?’ So it’s a cause I'm very sensitive to.” quoted from billboard.com.

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