Music is an art form that allows individuals to develop their aesthetic potential. Music expresses human feeling with all its shades of intensity and quiet, expansion and withdrawal, movement and rest. Music provides an outlet for student creativity and self-expression. It enables them to express their noblest thoughts and feelings. It engages their imagination and allows them to assert their uniqueness.
Music exalts the human spirit and enhances the quality of life.
Music provides for general creative and mental growth and for the development of a distinct kind of experience and understanding. As we work to improve the quality of the liberal arts education at Bethel College, the arts must be recognized as a vital part of our effort. The arts including music, theater, and the visual arts are a unique medium for communicating what is common to all of us as human beings and what is special to each of us as creative individuals. The arts provide valuable opportunities for understanding our cultural heritage and that of all other civilizations.