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Music education isn't just a nice "extra" for schools --- it's the heart and soul of a well-rounded educational experience.
That's the message of a new video created by students at McKeesport Area High School.
"Music in Our Schools, Heart & Soul" was created as part of the Hear Me Project, an initiative of Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE lab, the McKeesport-based Consortium for Public Education, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and Pittsburgh Filmmakers, and the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project
The video includes interviews with students, teachers and musicians from McKeesport, Wilkinsburg and Steel Valley high schools, as well as members of the Pittsburgh-based chamber music group Cello Fury.
"Music programs keep children off the streets giving them a reason to take their future into their own hands," says an accompanying statement from the students who created the video.
"Music programs are being cut from schools country-wide and being given less funding which devastates students," the students write. "Supporting music programs helps students experience arts in a new way and gives them a background that will help them succeed in their life."
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