Violin program is music to kids’ ears
By Amy Larson
May 02, 2008
Every Wednesday Bronx Public School 56’s auditorium is silent except for the sound of violins as professional musician Kokoe Tanaka instructs a violin orchestra of fourth-graders. The violinist’s presence is the work of principal Priscilla Sheeran, who thinks that music is critical to education.
Music fell silent 30 years ago when the city’s Department of Education slashed art from the core curriculum. Now principals and politicians who believe in the power of art to inspire and educate are shouldering the task of bringing the arts back to public schools.
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