Excerpt from The North Carolina Symphony Teachers' Handbook: 1988-1989 SeasonOnce again, we are pleased to offer a handbook for use in preparing your students for our concerts. We are convinced that students who are prepared for what they hear profit from the experience many times over those who receive no preparation. I have heard it said that it is unnecessary to teach or talk about music music speaks for itself. French also speaks for itself, but unless someone has helped the student understand the fundamentals of the language he/she hears only sounds and no meaning. Fortunately for us, the meaning of music is personal to each listener. Teaching music is encouraging the students to believe there is something wonderful there if they will just open their ears and their minds. Doesn't it sound easy? I know that what you do is not easy, but we at The Symphony and many others in your communities appreciate your work in bringing the joy of music to your students.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.