The truth is, music's intrinsic values are second to none. We teach a language that begins where all other languages end. Music has the ability to express every nuanced emotion of the human experience. Music's range of expression is almost without limits. Musical sonorities, rhythms and melodies can express the deepest, darkest despair to the most exhilarating, ecstatic joy. Music can quietly share intimate personal feelings and it can trumpet the grandeur of nature's most spectacular creations.
Paul Stewart
President of Music Teachers National Association
American Music Teacher magazine, April/May 2007