New Missoula County Public Schools fine arts standards emphasize common themes, skills across disciplines

"We’ve been very good about taking Bach, Beethoven and Sousa and playing it the way it’s supposed to be done. But what about that kid’s music? How do we start having kids create?" he said. "What do you think they’re going to learn the next time they do take a piece of great literature, knowing what the process was for that composer to do that? The admiration for what they have in front of them skyrockets. And they get an opportunity to perform their own piece."

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