Mmic in education
tors in music education, a remarkable crop of teachers of both sexes,
imbued with this new spirit, leave the training colleges every year.
They go on adding to their own knowledge of education through
music and their pupils reap the benefit.
These achievements are proving to the authorities concerned that
contemporary teaching misses rich educational possibilities by not
properly appreciating the role of music in general education. The
results achieved are stimulating a sense of responsibility on the part
of teachers as a body by giving them practical proof of the musical
ability of their pupils and the astonishing musical needs of children
and adolescents. Indeed, everything depends on the teacher and how
much he knows of this subject.
Thus the work of these Belgian pioneers is a great step forward in
this sphere, but much remains to be done both in Belgium and
throughout the world.
It is our hope that educationists may unite in response to this appeal,
so that society may be enriched through the ennobling of the human
personality.
[Trandafed from fbe Frencb]
THE IMPORTANCE
OF AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
IN SINGING
bY
Margarita MEN~NDEZ GARcf A Y BELTRAN, Music teacher, CubaMankind has always been aware of the need for artistic group expres-
sion. In our time with advanced mechanization and after the ravages
of war, this expression has become a real necessity for maintaining a
well-balanced, integrated life. Some countries have found group ex-
pression naturally in their folk singing, dancing, playing of instru-
ments or in the production of artistic objects. In others, this artistic