Read the full article by Donna Apidone at Sacramento News & Review
“You’re human. You make music.”
Tim Stanley, who leads the String Project at Sacramento State, believes everyone has music within them, but he understands that most people do not pursue music as a career. He is gratified that classical music lessons in his classroom improve his fourth through eighth grade students’ understanding and enjoyment of the medium.
“You don’t have to be a performer. You can just be someone who goes to concerts and gets it.”
That philosophy of arts education is inherent in Proposition 28. Passed in 2022 — and which went into effect in 2023 — Prop 28 invests about $800 million to $1 billion annually into arts and music in California public schools. The proposition’s emphasis on the importance of the arts also reflects the thoughts held by the county’s education administrators.