that we would consider dropping music from our curriculum." (nd)
             Petress concludes by stating that over the years and in numerous conversations "with colleagues, other advantages to music education which have emerged are: (1) music teaches a transfers of abstractions (notes) into concrete realities; (2) music teaches patient with one's self and with others as well as with tasks; (3) music performance aids in building and refining coordination and grace; (4) music aids in mental coordination and timing; (5) any instruction in the arts advances a sense of aesthetics; (6) music teaches one about history and culture and builds tolerance of and appreciation of other peoples; (7) music offers useful sensory stimulation; so much so that there are music therapists who use music to calm, quiet, and heal patients; the arts foster greater social interaction; music incorporates a spiritual dimension to life; (8) musical performance opens a vehicle for improvising; and performance allows the
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