Introduction to Music

This week in art class we started working on music. We were all asked to bring in our favorite piece of music and share it with the class. I brought in "59th Street Bridge Song" by Simon and Garfunkel. The entire album reminds me of a time when I gave my dad's music a shot and really started to enjoy music that I had not heard on the radio.

Bringing this piece in to share with the class was another experience in which I felt that I had opened myself up for scrutiny by exposing a piece of my life. In return the rest of the class also shared with me their favorite music. By the end of the activity I felt that we all knew a bit more about each other and that was informative and a special moment.

Following the sharing of our music, we got to investigate some different ideas about how we could use music in the classroom and benefits of doing it. I like this idea of bringing fundamental human culture to the classroom because students want and deserve a real experience. The more of it we can provide through enriching facets of our activities the better we have served our classroom, school, and community.