Short answer: State and federal funding for the arts in school is drying up. My daughters school is barely surviving with its music program.
Though it's a public school, it relies heavily on fundraisers and donations from the parents, as the state funding is starting to dwindle.
Honestly, you cannot make a child appreciate higher or refined levels of music unless it starts in the home. At least when I play "Swan Lake", my daughter starts playing around and fakes ballet moves she saw at the Nutcracker.
My 2-year old son "gooves" to KOB, when it starts. He digs the separation of instruments playing "Way Out West" Sonny Rollins.
Start them young in the home ....
Though it's a public school, it relies heavily on fundraisers and donations from the parents, as the state funding is starting to dwindle.
Honestly, you cannot make a child appreciate higher or refined levels of music unless it starts in the home. At least when I play "Swan Lake", my daughter starts playing around and fakes ballet moves she saw at the Nutcracker.
My 2-year old son "gooves" to KOB, when it starts. He digs the separation of instruments playing "Way Out West" Sonny Rollins.
Start them young in the home ....