Music and Arts - RMF Global

Access to music and art for children and youth remains elusive in many regions around the world.

Functional music education encompasses wide learning areas within performing arts, creative arts and culture, including visual arts, verbal arts, movement and dance, music and drama. The implementation of a music curriculum in its entirety is in itself a milestone in achieving well-rounded development of the learner in terms of the social, economic, physical and psychological spheres.

Music education does not stop at the learning of music notation and singing. Group dances and vocal performances can enhance the spirit of unity, co-operation and tolerance. This is achieved especially when students from different social backgrounds rehearse and perform folklore or dances from various traditions, both locally and internationally. Music performance as a verbal and visual art embodies people’s cultures. Music education can be one way of enhancing cultural identity and integration while at the same time guarding against cultural disintegration.

Music ignites all areas of child development and skills for school readiness, including intellectual, social-emotional, motor, language, and overall literacy. It helps the body and the mind work together. Exposing children to music during early development supports them in learning the sounds and meanings of words.