When the principal of Auburn’s St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School wanted photos to commemorate the first day of the school’s string program, she asked students to pose with their new instruments.
The children will have access to 52,000 string, woodwind or brass instruments, which they will learn to play in weekly, small-group sessions during class time. They will also play in ensembles. “There’s no doubt there’s far less music education taking place in schools than there ever was,” he said. “I think there’s a feeling from governments that music is a non-essential service. It’s as important as literature, and to ignore it is a disgrace.”The head of Sydney Catholic Schools, Tony Farley, said benefits of learning music spilled over into other areas.
At St Joseph’s, the children are learning the violin, viola or cello. At other schools in the Auburn-Lakemba region, which piloted the program this year, they’ve learned brass or woodwind instruments.
JordsBaker How wonderful- I know how beneficial music lessons are -and that often cost is the main barrier, to the point where playing an instrument is quite elitist - so hats off to SydCathSchools or whomever made this possible. Such a heart- warming story.
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