URGENT: Your Voice Is Needed to Save Grade 7 Band in Surrey

Please sign this letter before the June 11th School Board Meeting:

https://win.newmode.net/cmec/surreyband2

-Grade 7  BC Curriculum Music teaches: beat, rhythm, tempo, pitch, timbre, dynamics, form, texture and notation. Ensemble music taught by specialist teachers provides this.

-Public School music education ensures equity of learning for all students, not just ones who can afford private lessons

-Benefits of ensemble music: enhanced motivation, improved timing and rhythm, socialization, builds community, develops performance skills

-Research shows that playing an instrument early in life enhances performance in core learning subjects