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Links to interesting and thought provoking articles related to music. These links will be transferred to the Resources/Readings Listings after a few weeks to keep this page current. Send suggestions for links (non-commercial only) to socalecmma@yahoo.com. Direct any comments on the articles to the Forum (members only).
Do schools today kill creativity?
Recorded February 2006
You'll definitely want to watch this 20 minute video.
"We are educating people out of their creative capacity."
"If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."
"My contention is that creativity now is as important in education as literacy; and we should treat it with the same status."
--Ken Robinson, quotes from video
February 5, 2007
Music Provides Window into Brain Function
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june07/music_02-05.html
April 8, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html
Can one of the nation's great musicians cut through the fog of a D.C. rush hour? Let's find out.
By Gene Weingarten
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, April 8, 2007; Page W10
