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Article: Classroom harmony Students sing praises of music in schools
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 25, 1999
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Music teachers at Milwaukee's Audubon Middle School are not yet
ready to sing the blues, but with so much of the public's attention
resting on the value of tough math and science requirements, they
and their students are ready to beat the drum for music education.
Audubon is one of a growing number of schools involved in the
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's Arts in Community Education program
under which symphony musicians go to schools to help integrate music
into the curriculum.
Karen Ambrose, who coordinated the Arts in Community Education
program at Audubon last year, said the musicians provided background
music for videos created by students.
Two professional musicians playing background ...