cours catalog update 2004

All About The Blues Series ™By Fruteland Jackson“TRY, TRUST and TRIUMPH”Course DescriptionsFruteland Jackson3473 South King Drive #221Chicago, IL 60616773 400 6341www.Fruteland.comMusic Education and Blues in the Schools Programs RationaleMusic education enables students to interact with sound, simultaneously engag ing mind, body, and spirit. Through creating, performing, and listening to music,students experience the ways in which music evokes and conveys thoughts,images, and feelings.Music education makes a valuable and unique contribution to students’ intellec tual growth, and integrates intellectual and emotional development. Shared expe riences in music significantly contribute to the development of a healthier societythrough activities that respect and reflect the diversity of human experiences.Music education enables all learners to explore, create, perceive, and communi cate thoughts, images, and feelings through music. These experiences areunique and essential, and make a significant contribution to learners’ lifelongdevelopment as educated citizens.• Music education, as envisioned in this curriculum, contributes to the intel lectual, aesthetic, human, social, and career development of the educatedcitizen by providing learners with opportunities to:• Develop competency in problem solving, critical thinking, and decisionmaking through experiences with music.• Develop literacy in music, including familiarity with the conventions ...