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because administrators in key places have lost faith in them, but because the public could not be sold.


…The ultimate argument was a wide- spread answer to the deadly question: “Why should my Johnny spend his time studying that stuff?” Once that question be raised, and if the large- scale answer is that Johnny shouldn’t, nothing can keep “that stuff” in the school. But if the answer is that he should, nothing can keep it out.4


When our communities value what we provide, then “nothing can keep it out.” We will still need to work out the program details, but music will be in the curricu- lum as long as the parents want it – and in communities where music teachers are responsive to the community’s values, parents want it. Not primarily because we can supply reams of data telling them all we are doing for their children, impor- tant as that may be, but because parents instinctively know that music, by its na- ture, can convey their enduring values to their children in ways that “the three Rs” simply cannot.


And that is a fine foundation when seeking administrative support. We negotiate from a position of great strength.


Notes


1. Bibliography: Mursell, James L. (1943), “Music in American Schools: Music in the Schools – the Substance of Hope.” In Mark, Michael L., Source Readings in Music Education History (205-215). Schirmer Books: New York.


2. Ibid. p. 204. 3. Op. Cit., p. 204. 4. Ibid., p. 206.


Rick Townsend is director of instrumental music and director of music teacher educa- tion at Maranatha Baptist Bible College. He also serves as managing director of the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association. Email: rtownsend@mbbc.edu


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