Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children's education.

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Culture opens our hearts to one another. And the currency in culture is not money, but trust.

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But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.

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Good things happen when you meet strangers.

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When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.

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Nobody else can make the sound you make.

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Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life.

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Music is one of the ways we can achieve a kind of shorthand to understand each other.

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I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.

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As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.

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