Persuasive Essay On Music Education

Music Education

I’ve chosen to become a Music Educator as a career. I feel that music has had such a great impact on my life that I can give back to the future generations by teaching it. I have a great love for education, so this career is for me.

Requirements

The basic requirement it takes to become a Music Educator is to receive a bachelor´s degree from a college or a university. Most colleges and universities offer teaching licensure in the state that they are located in. With a bachelor’s degree you can begin teaching at elementary, middle, and high school levels while making around $30,915 - $74,835 a year. You can also pursue a master’s degree in music education. Along with it comes the recognition to be able to teach as a Professor

Music teachers all over the United States and also the world are on the threat of having their jobs cut, they become laid off, or the music program at the school they’re teaching at gets cut altogether. Music is needed because music teachers everywhere can cause a spark in a student that’ll go on to become something amazing. Everything you hear, whether it’s in a movie or a commercial, a band or a jingle in an elevator, it had to be written by someone, and that some point in that person 's life, they were a student too. It’s a sad world but no one is caring about music teaching or music education like they used to. There is a strong initiative active to keep fighting for music education and to keep music programs in schools across the country, organized by the National Association for Music Education, whose purpose is to organize music educators across the country and keep music education an active part of the American education

Mr. Compston saw a spark in me and suggested that I join band and introduced me to Miss Linard. My first few years in the band program here at UL it was confusing, I didn’t know what I was doing or what I was looking at on a daily basis. For those first few years though, on an almost weekly basis during the school year, Miss L was teaching me new things, showing me what different words and markings on the paper meant. She gave me lessons and slowly everything started to fall into place. Fast forward to today, I’m one of the most successful students the band program has ever seen. From Solo & Ensemble contest to marching in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, I’ve seen and done so much, all because of band, all because of one decision in the middle of my 6th grade year. A decision that has forever changed my life. It’s because of that impact on my is why I want to become a music teacher. I want to change someone’s life, give them the same opportunities that I was given and see them soar beyond what they are. I have a great love for music and education, so this is the career for