http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/music-matters-advocating-for-the-performing-arts-in-western-albemarle-county-schools.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:54 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21289846?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Apr 2017 06:30:35 UTC 21289846 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10098505?utm_medium=rss looks like a great alternative for children

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:01:24 UTC 10098505 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8835882?utm_medium=rss i love you

]]> Fri, 5 Nov 2010 01:25:26 UTC 8835882 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7126579?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:53:20 UTC 7126579 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7071090?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Mar 2010 02:05:28 UTC 7071090 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7029518?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:27:23 UTC 7029518 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7011889?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:22:08 UTC 7011889 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7005104?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:02:02 UTC 7005104 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7004091?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:19:33 UTC 7004091 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7004085?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:18:40 UTC 7004085 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6951500?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Feb 2010 09:31:31 UTC 6951500 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6126646?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:21:16 UTC 6126646 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5781633?utm_medium=rss The importance of music can not be underestimated.

]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:35:06 UTC 5781633 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5743938?utm_medium=rss Taking a musical instrument away from a student is no different than taking a football away from a quarterback! Don't take something away from somebody that gives them an opportunity to excel. They go to school to learn, not be denied! It would be an outrage to cancel a music program at ANY school, even elementary!

]]> Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:43:26 UTC 5743938 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5721691?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:27:12 UTC 5721691 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5703543?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:18:44 UTC 5703543 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5683448?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:35:14 UTC 5683448 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5678902?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:14:21 UTC 5678902 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5651831?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:59:23 UTC 5651831 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5651161?utm_medium=rss Early choral and instrumental music opportunities are vital to fostering lifelong interest in the arts and a well-balanced life well into one's "later years" Let's not cheat our children by skimping on any of them, please.

]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:06:31 UTC 5651161 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5650626?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:06:18 UTC 5650626 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5648629?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:29:14 UTC 5648629 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5647939?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:48:17 UTC 5647939 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5645969?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:35:16 UTC 5645969 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5645862?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:15:18 UTC 5645862 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5645404?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:06:44 UTC 5645404 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5645360?utm_medium=rss Music, whether listening or playing, is extremely important to human beings of all ages.
I believe that a lively relationship to music in one's life enhances one's learning ability, supporting the connection between the 2 sides of the brain, and the thinking-moving connection as well.
Playing and singing music together is an important human activity and should be well-funded in the school.

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]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:17:14 UTC 5642678 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5642565?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 10:33:28 UTC 5642565 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5642501?utm_medium=rss I homeschool my musically gifted daughter in large part due to the lack of appropriate courses and support of the arts in the Western feeder pattern. If the school board will not assure equitable musical opportunities among the high schools, then please allow for school choice or an arts magnet school. Musically talented children in the Western feeder pattern are woefully underserved.

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 10:04:06 UTC 5642501 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5642429?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:34:12 UTC 5642429 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5642403?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:24:15 UTC 5642403 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5642142?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 07:56:10 UTC 5642142 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5641115?utm_medium=rss As a former music teacher, I see this is not a good solution. Both programs are valuable and need to continue as they are.

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 03:38:27 UTC 5641115 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5640885?utm_medium=rss While my children will attend Albemarle High, with its excellent music programs, I strongly support this group's assertion that a well-rounded education (including adequate access to music instruction) is essential, not optional. As a musician and parent, I see every day the difference an active interest in various musical genres makes in the lives of my two children.

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 03:04:16 UTC 5640885 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5640661?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 02:23:22 UTC 5640661 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5640649?utm_medium=rss As an active musician and a mother - I would be outraged and heart broken if excellent music programs were phased out of our schools. I want my small child to have all of the benefits of a well rounded education that I had as a child.

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 02:22:09 UTC 5640649 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5640459?utm_medium=rss I am a member of the VA Consort and am signing this petition as an "advocate for the performing arts".

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 01:55:29 UTC 5640459 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5640016?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 12:56:47 UTC 5640016 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5639407?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:51:00 UTC 5639407 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5639247?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:36:12 UTC 5639247 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5639220?utm_medium=rss Music was vital to all three of my children who participated in the band programs. The youngest just graduated from college with a jazz performance degree. The seeds of this began with the program at Henley, especially jazz (obviously) and was cemented at WAHS in the jazz band. He is a total product of the public schools music program. If the programs are emasculated, you take away career choices for some kids. What a shame.

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:33:01 UTC 5639220 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5639184?utm_medium=rss As a member of the University of Virginia music faculty, I strongly support the goals of this petition for the young people in our county.

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 11:28:53 UTC 5639184 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5638691?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:59:07 UTC 5638691 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5638650?utm_medium=rss As general manager of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Youth Orchestras, I can testify to the importance of our school based performing arts program. Our members are all active in their school programs and their participation not only enhances their education but results in our having some of the best students and future citizens of our community. It is shameful that the lack of support for the performing arts is not seen as a critical part of our children's education.

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:53:05 UTC 5638650 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5638630?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:49:06 UTC 5638630 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5638547?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 09:31:56 UTC 5638547 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5638137?utm_medium=rss Music education helps in all facets of life.
This may be difficult to see at first glance, but careful research shows this to be true.

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 08:00:15 UTC 5638137 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5638068?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 07:45:46 UTC 5638068 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5637988?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 07:31:05 UTC 5637988 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5637923?utm_medium=rss I am not a resident of C'Ville but I feel that the entire region benefits greatly from the historically strong music programs in C'Ville. I had to see them diluted in any way and strongly support the efforts of this group.

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 07:18:09 UTC 5637923 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5637786?utm_medium=rss As Conductor of the Youth Orchestra of Charlottesville-Albemarle, I am greatly concerned that this highly cultured community not "dumb down" its culture by reducing musical opportunities in the schools.

]]> Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:50:45 UTC 5637786 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5637691?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:35:49 UTC 5637691 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5637690?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:35:47 UTC 5637690 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5635022?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Jun 2009 05:23:29 UTC 5635022 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5634105?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Jun 2009 01:49:43 UTC 5634105 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5633713?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Jun 2009 12:17:59 UTC 5633713 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5632745?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Jun 2009 07:46:28 UTC 5632745 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5631430?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Jun 2009 08:12:55 UTC 5631430 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5631408?utm_medium=rss If the goal of Albemarle County is to increase academic achievement, they should be looking for ways to strengthen the music programs, not weaken them. Ideally, band and orchestra should start in elementary school. Other school districts in Virginia are able to offer this, why not Albemarle County??

]]> Sun, 7 Jun 2009 07:51:50 UTC 5631408 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5631351?utm_medium=rss All the teachers and the band parents are well aware of the strong connection between math and music. We are not weakening math, so we should not diminish a music education either. It is vitally important for a school to have a strong music program. All you have to do is look at the band students and judge for yourselves.

]]> Sun, 7 Jun 2009 07:07:48 UTC 5631351 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5631326?utm_medium=rss Music education is incredibly underrated in the schools. Being involved in music here in Albemarle County for the past three years has taught me that the bands and orchestras are indirectly beneficial to the rest of a child's education.

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]]> Fri, 29 May 2009 11:39:19 UTC 5581612 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5579905?utm_medium=rss Uncle to several students in your district

]]> Fri, 29 May 2009 03:35:45 UTC 5579905 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5568547?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 May 2009 12:23:59 UTC 5568547 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/5565443?utm_medium=rss Have had an amazing experience with cello at Henley and WAHS for my 1st child - want my next 2 to have the same!

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