E-mail: abaker@rochellepark.org

Phone: 201-843-3120 EXT.  

 

 

 

 

 

I. Music is a science

II. Music is Mathematical

III. Music is a Foreign Language

IV. Music is History

V. Music is Physical Education

VI. Music is all things, but most of all, music is Art.

 

That is why I teach music:

Not because we expect you to major in music

Not because we expect you to play or sing all your life...

 

But so you will be human

So you will recognize the beauty

So you will be closer to an infinite beyond this world

 

So you will have something to cling to

So you will have more love, more compassion,

More gentleness, more good---

In short, more life. 

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*Studies have shown that students who participate in school music programs 

consistently score higher on standardized tests.  In addition to this 

benefit, students learn to work together cooperatively, they learn self 

discipline from daily practice and they enjoy an increase in self-esteem from 

successfully participating in performance groups.