Giving Kids A Reason To Embrace Music

In America, music education in school is becoming so scarce as to be considered an unimaginable luxury. In Scotland, they throw a two-week festival to celebrate it. “Over the years the emphasis has moved from competition to participation – every entrant is judged by a professional and receives a certificate evaluating their performance.” Not only that, but a new national curriculum proposes to increase the amount of art and music education in the daily routine of Scottish classrooms.