According to the BC Ministry of Education: "Music education enables all learners to explore,
create, perceive, and communicate thoughts,
images, and feelings through music. Because
musical experiences play a significant role in
students’ lifelong development, shared
experiences through music education contribute to
the development of a healthier society and a
culturally literate citizenry that respects and
reflects the diversity of human relationships.
Music education enables students to interact with
sound — simultaneously engaging mind, body,
and spirit — through creating, performing,
listening to, and responding to music. Music offers
one of the most effective ways of connecting
thinking and feeling and provides a way of
learning that effectively integrates the cognitive,
psychomotor, and affective domains."
