The+Death+of+Creativity?

Highly Unlikely... Check out this from the Stanford Laptop Orchestra! ​ media type="youtube" key="MC3dlf2vilA" height="344" width="425"  SLO Homepage

Middle and High School music programs in Canada rely mainly on the "Teaching Music Through Performance" module of music education. This essentially reduces classes to a band or choral setting where every student is required to be a performer. They sit in organized rows, playing music that has already been written, according to the interpretation of the goon at the front waving his or her arms around. Despite the fact that musicians pride themselves on their artistic ability and creativity, this is seldom actually realised within the confines of a music class.

If anything, the death of creativity in young minds is a result of the current education system. Just ask Sir Ken Robinson... he'll tell you.

Now, there are so many more ways of giving our students access to creativity in music, and STILL we allow them to waste away in the most un-creative, un-imaginative format possible. We have Garage-Band, Finale, Sibeleus, Smart Boards, Recording and editing software...and now...the "i-Pad"... what is our excuse? We are teaching in a setting where there is a good chance that our students will have at least one of these programs at home, and if not, they have a friend who does. It's time to get with the program(s) and give access to the students for whom performing is of no interest, or for those who feel that their creativity is being stifled.

Onward!