Why support the arts, and music in particular?

In an article titled "We need music to survive", Karl Paulnack, Dean of the School of Music at Ithaca College, answers this question masterfully.

Here is an excerpt:
​I now understand that music is not part of "arts and entertainment." It's not a luxury, something we fund from budget leftovers. Music is a basic need of human survival. Music is one of the ways we make sense of things, a way to express feelings when we have no words, a way to understand things with our hearts when we cannot grasp them with our minds. Music is the language we choose when we are speechless.
 Published in the Christian Science Monitor, June 4, 2009​

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To donate to the Concert Series by check:
Please write your check to Resurrection Catholic Church and be sure to add clearly, on the memo line, "Living Arts Concert Series". Mail your check to Resurrection catholic Church, 3315 Greencastle Road, Burtonsville, MD 20866.  Your check is Tax deductible. You will receive a letter acknowledging your donation, to be kept with your tax documents.

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Thank you to those who have donated to the 2017-2018 Series!

Patrons ($250 and up)
Mary & Harry Hines, in memory of Bill and Alice Clements, parents (parents-in-law) of Mary & Harry Hines
Luann Mostello and Arthur Milholland
The Patino Family
Monica Kapps
Ed Kelly & Amy Horn
Wayne & Peggy Fleit, in memory of Mary Conway, sister (sister-in-law) of Wayne and Peggy Fleit
Anonymous Donors

Donors ($100 - $249)
​Jane & Tom Aylward, in memory of Mary Aylward
Colleen Kelly Perret
Anonymous Donors

Supporters ($25-$99)
Janet Aster
Anonymous Donors

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