| symphonymom, Your thoughts are much the same as those my son has expressed. He is concerned that cuts in the public school budgets are leading to cuts in the music programs. Kids are not growing up listening to classical music or learning about it, and so the audiences for what he hopes to be his future career are dwindling. We do need to encourage more people to appreciate the arts and to encourage school districts to increase, not decrease, their budget for such things. Hard to do in tough economic times! |