Bringing music education to youths in the Solomon Islands.
I have written several time about how I envisage music education is beneficial to young people in the Solomon Islands and I really would like to see the formation of a National Youth Orchestra.
Concentration on the Piano Association of Solomon Islands, the Honiara based music organization that works through volunteers, I would hope the talented musicians that are members of PASI will encourage other youths to join PASI and ultimately create the first, ever, National Youth Orchestra.
Music education gives the PASI members transferable skills, such as team work, perseverance, listening dedication, mathematical and counting ability, motor control and dexterity and social interactive skills.
Music education aids further education and participating in music enhances feelings of self-achievement, builds self-confidence and raises self-determination to make more efforts to meet group expectations regarding standards of playing.
It is for all these reasons that I am pleased to know the Dionysus Ensemble in Residence with the Commonweath proposes to travel to Honiara in January 2020 to begin a series of music education lessons to the members of PASI and, possibly, arrange for some music concerts.
Yours sincerely
Frank Short
