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The Power of Music
By admin | February 4, 2008
I haven’t been to a classical concert in years, but I remember one of my favorite things was sitting there a few minutes before the concert started and hearing the sounds of the instruments tuning up. It it a chaotic, non-musical type sound, but yet somehow very energetic. You could feel the anticipation.
Then, the conductor walks up, raises his baton, and everything comes together. From chaos springs beauty! Everyone is now on the same page, and although the notes and rhythms form complex patterns with all the instruments playing different parts, everything comes together and the listeners are inspired.
And the thing is, all those people in the orchestra have different backgrounds, beliefs, religions, cutures, even languages. Their instruments were designed and developed from different parts of the world by people who could only imagine that their invention would be part of a grand concert. And they play music that spans time…the great classics still alive as evidenced by the passionate players and eager audience. The composer might have lived 300 years ago, but his or her composition reaches out over time and speaks to those of us in the here and now.
This is course of human events. Different peoples, different cultures, sometimes warring with each other, sometimes not even aware of each other…then something or someone comes along that brings us together, and great things happen.
“…and the world can live as one”…World peace is a lofty goal. I don’t know if we will ever live in a harmonious world, but one thing I do know, music can help get us there!