Fortunately, other organizations are stepping up to fill the gap that once was filled by our schools. One organization filling the void is the BergenPac located in Englewood, New Jersey. They have a program called beyondEducation which offers students several programs in the arts to develop their individual talents. Below is a video which describes the programs.

Every single one of us has a duty and that is to release the music inside of us by keep creating that music in some unique way. Whether it be vocally or as an instrumentalist, we get inspiration from what is around us. It may be a person, a thing, an event, or another piece of music that moves us to create that next masterpiece. However, once that masterpiece is conceived, it is not worth anything until it is shared with the general public, whether it may be friends, family or complete strangers.

Without music, live would be boring. The rhythm that we all move to is part of the inner music score within us. It is that rhythm that makes us special and ties us back to our roots. The inner score is dynamic and can be formed and shaped by other music and rhythms around us.
Even though, it may be influenced, the core rhythm remains the same which makes us all unique which in turn makes our individual musical pieces our own.

Having a background in the performing arts, in particular, has its benefits that really only come out later in life. Studying music does several things to a human being. It improves their ability to analyze, it improves connections in the brain which does wonders for motor coordination. As an academic piece, it may seem senseless to study the different periods of music such as Renaissance, Classical, and Baroque, but the lessons learned in identifying music whether by genre or artist will be remembered throughout life unlike other things we learn in school and forget because their not practical in real life.

Even though higher powers that control what we learn have decided to reduce our exposure to the arts. We need to find ways outside of school education to make it know that an arts background is vital to life. Whether it be going to a local concert or show, there is something in live music and other performing arts that rewires our brains to do things that we are not aware are possible.

A choir consisting of young adults needs to be established several reasons. Of course, the first reason is for the musical benefit. But, there are other reasons too. Generally speaking, musicians are their own breed of artist and have very unique personalities. Musicians and choristers, especially, tend to cling to their own kind. The problem at hand is that there are very few outlets for this group of individuals to turn to after college to find others similar to them. The last thing that a young adult choir would help to fulfill is the education factor. Since the members of the choir would consist of young families, having their parents in a choir would teach by example the importance of music and the arts in their lives.

Musicians definitely have their own social network and having a choir of young musicians would help build a very needed networking portal that is critical to the young adult just out of school. Musicians all know their is a secret fraternity among themselves. If there is something you need, guaranteed someone, whether an instrumentalist or vocalist, knows someone. Hence, word-of-mouth advertising goes along way in the music world. To say it succinctly, musicians all have people that know people and young musicians need to get to know more people like them.

Educationally, we can never learn enough about music. That is part of the fun of learning music. Whether we’ve never heard a piece or heard it hundreds of times, there is always something new that can be learned from the same piece. That concept is what needs to be taught informally to our young children and they will learn that lesson quickly through observation from their parents and other grown-ups. Therefore, a choir of young adults, would not only serve the young adult community, but would also create a community among the children of the members.

There are many more reasons that I can think a young adult choir would be beneficial to the society and I’ve only named a few. Hopefully, there are others who feel the same way, but have just never thought it out and noticed the void needed filling. Rome wasn’t built in a day, but together those of us who feel this way could bring musical solutions to the world.