Face the Music Education

Finally! A book about the premier Salem-Keizer School District music program in Salem, Oregon. This book has everything: how the program came to be, how it is administered, how it is taught, and with vital community support, how it has survived intact through financial crises when other programs around the nation have been either reduced or gutted altogether. Face the Music Education includes feeder programs, booster clubs, festivals, competitions, numerous teacher and administrator mini-bios; but most of all, it reminds us why music matters and why it should continue as a vital component in our public schools.