The Value of Music

On Tuesday night I had the pleasure of attending my daughter's high school choir concert. I was really moved by a number of the songs. After the concert I thought a lot about how the arts in our schools are losing funding even though they are so very critical to the development of our children. Before you stop reading thinking this a rant about education funding - its not. This is about how music and art can touch your soul and connect with your humanity.

More and more in today's world creativity is one of the most prized and values skills that employers are looking for or entrepreneurs need to have. Creativity isn't developed by reading about and spitting back facts about history or doing math problems. It can be developed in some English classes but it is truly developed in the arts. Music has the ability to touch our souls and bring out emotion and thoughts that don't come to us when there is no music in our lives. The Pop music we hear on the radio or our kids download to their iPods isn't what I am talking about.