The big and little pictures...

(deep breath!) There are four tributaries converging here:

• the music workshop. how many hours per day, what are the skills being taught, how are these being related to cognitive and emotional goals, what are the performance goals...
• the year-round music program which will perhaps involve types of listening (analytic, emotional) , types of performance (solo, duo, group), singing, music history, instrument building and repair, world music, and a webcasting radio station.
• the arts program which will be have a couple of levels of involvement, but will of course emphasize use of materials, the intimate relationship between audience and artist, history, and the contemplative dimension of drawing and painting.
• the over-arching development of contemplative practice at TAS, which students may enter through Zen, art, Shim Gum Do practice, community involvement, or all of these.