A week ago or so I wrote about how music and art are always the first thing to go whenever the public school system needs to cut back on things. I think of this again on Superbowl sunday because I think what would football be without the art and music that sell it. The Superbowl has become like a national holiday that offers many opportunities to many people and businesses for many reasons. The football game itself is simply the end of a 2 week long media circus. Anyhow, if you think about the game of football itself without the colored uniforms and logos that fans recognize their favorite teams by, it is certainly a lot less entertaining. Without the artistic touch you couldn’t sell the game for pennies much less billions. Check out this song that Fox does every week as an introduction to their broadcast:
If you play that tune for any football fan they will instantly begin to associate it with the game of football itself. It takes art and music to make things happen. If a school out there can’t afford to keep their music and art programs going they should seek help or shut down first. Maybe the teachers and staff should take a pay cut before letting that happen. If you take away music and art you will take away the heart and soul of the children for an entire generation. Many of the school districts with money could never imagine shutting the door on programs that are so vital to our everyday lives but it is a cold hard reality for many people.
Thankfully there are many existing as well as up and coming programs to help fund private music and art education to those people and areas that cannot afford it. The Grosse Pointe Music Academy has donated music lessons to schools in many areas around metro detroit to help raise money to fund music and art in their schools. We are also working along with an up and coming new non-profit company called the Detroit Music Initiative to help bring music lessons to everyone who cannot afford it. The Detroit Music Initiative believes that people should have more than television in their life. They believe that people of all ages can learn and enjoy playing music. We will have updated information on the Detroit Music Initiative and how you can get involved soon.
Posted by Grosse Pointe Music Academy Staff
Leave a Reply