Instrumental Music Philosophy

The instrumental music program of the Union Springs Central School District is designed to serve the unique musical needs of middle and high school students. In our depersonalizing technological age the need for aesthetic education is great indeed. Music is a humanizing subject; a subject capable of serving the need for self-expression and self-fulfillment; a subject which encourages sensitivity to one's own feeling and the feeling of others. Instrumental music is a subject which also provides for worthy use of leisure time. It is our goal to develop the highest possible levels of musical achievement in keeping with each child's interests, needs and abilities. It is also our goal to foster listening skills, positive attitudes, self-reliance, and a spirit of cooperation. Above all else, our purpose is to facilitate greater appreciation on the part of each student of all things aesthetic - that is, all things beautiful.

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