The Owensboro High School Wind Ensemble is a concert organization devoted to colloborative music making and granting the composer and his audience the most faithful performances of his music; it is an ensemble which calls upon the strictest of disciplines. We are devoted to providing concepts that will allow our students to become artists and in turn become responsible for their own learning and artistic discovery.
We Believe:
Music is intrinsic, and in every individual; it is connected to the human spirit and creative mind. We cannot duplicate it through any other form of expression, we cannot quantify it. It exists for its own sake.
Intellectually:
Music opens the mind. Ongoing brain research continues to link excelled learning skills with music.
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Educationally:
Music teaches more than music. While these characteristics are not specifically tied to the study of music, they are a by-product of the process:
We Believe:
Music is intrinsic, and in every individual; it is connected to the human spirit and creative mind. We cannot duplicate it through any other form of expression, we cannot quantify it. It exists for its own sake.
Intellectually:
Music opens the mind. Ongoing brain research continues to link excelled learning skills with music.
More Here
Educationally:
Music teaches more than music. While these characteristics are not specifically tied to the study of music, they are a by-product of the process:
- The establishment of high achievement standards are transferable to other academic subjects.
- Development of keen problem-solving patterns.
- Establishment collaborative teamwork habits through communication skills.
- Understanding flexible thinking and adapting the known to the unknown.
- Improvement of reading comprehension, motor proficiency, spatial awareness, and listening ability.
- Mastery of a given challenge while expanding the realm of understanding and pushing self-inflicted limits (raising of personal standards).
- Increasing self-esteem, self confidence, and self discipline.