Future Music Educators

I just recently came across this advocacy initiative that is sweeping musicians all across Facebook. This is a project that is being coordinated by the Seton Hill Chapter of MENC. Presented as an Event, Facebook users are encouraged to “Attend” the event, and then post a few statements about why music is so important to them. All of these testimonies will be compiled into a booklet and circulated to advocate for Music Education in our schools. In just a few days, the event has close to 2,000 attendees, and over 8,000 awaiting reply. This is a truly epic project being done by the people at Seton Hill University that will hopefully put a huge amount of information into the hands of people who need to read it. Below are some of the opening statements on the event page by creator Mandy Eckenrode: (more…)