We can catch glimpses of what is possible if this harmony is achieved in people like Leonardo da Vinci and Albert Einstein. In summary we don't train artists per se, rather we use art as a medium to inculcate an attitude of values so that society has more creative workers. He IS the subject, and the process whereby he discovers and expresses the essential quality of his Being, is experience. The concept of attainment of Self Actualization is very satisfying but sounds abstract. There are, however, clearly-defined criteria.
Music is offered as both an academic and non academic course.
The non-academic course is taken by all boys in Forms 1 and 11. The content is flexible and variable, but stress is laid on attempting to develop the capacity for knowledge listening, thereby increasing comprehension of, and sympathy for, music is general, and more specifically, the Western tradition of the last 350 years. The academic course, commencing in Form 111, is available as one subject of the six a boy offers for matriculation purposes. One instrument only is required for examination purposes. A prospective candidate must be at approximately Grade 4 level on his practical instrument before he considers music as a matric option.