Philosophy

Music literacy is something everyone can and should enjoy. The philosophy of the music program at Grace is rooted in this premise, which was the key to the philosophy of Zoltan Kodaly. Kodaly was a Hungarian composer, musicologist, educator and philosopher. He believed music education is necessary for the formulation of the total human being. Since children understand best what they experience, the Kodaly approach has children use their voices to experience the making of music.

Kodaly's philosophy depends on having music presented as a joy for the pupil so that it instills in the child "a thirst for finer music...which will last for a lifetime." With this philosophy at the heart of the music education at Grace, our program aids children in their well-balanced social and artistic development, and it produces musically literate children. These children grow into adults who can continue to make music and/or into future audiences who can fully appreciate a diverse range of music.