A History of Music

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Even though I don't consider myself that musical, I come from a long line of family that values the importance of Music. For example my great grandmother used to play the piano for the silent theatre in her town Westville, Nova Scotia. She was considered the best pianist in the community. My mother also took after her by playing piano at a very early age. Along with this she took singing lessons and instilled this talent onto my brother. As long as I can remember, my brother has been singing. Eventually, he devoted his passion to this by partaking in Royal Conservatory examinations and music festivals. This was enjoyable for me as we often were able to travel for his provincial competitions. Eventually he was admitted to Dalhousie University's Music Program to study singing. As for myself, I started piano at the age of 2. I eventually continued on to complete my level 10 RCM. Even though I achieve this accomplishment I did not feel that music came as naturally to me as it did to my family. Regardless, I have a huge appreciation for music.

This just shows that Art despite what genre, music, drama, dance, or visual arts can give a sense of identity and belonging. This reminded me of our last class when Dolly shard her drumming with us. The drumming in her story of the feast hall built a sense of community between the members at the hall. Therefore, it is important to cultivate and celebrate students talents, for I feel that we all can connect to a form of Art, for it moves and inspires us all. Even if we cannot perform it, we are all surrounded and linked though it. I know for me thus far, teaching Fine Arts has been one of my Favourite if not Favourite subjects to teach. This is because I have noticed that all the students in my classroom participate in these lessons, even students that normally exclude themselves from regular classroom activates. 

One lesson that I would love to give, that was inspired while creating my inquiry, would be to have students research their own background of their artistic history. This does not have to be specific to family, as I know that there are many children in this day and age that do not live a nuclear model, but could incorporate researching ones culture or even community they grew up in or identify with.