thd value of music education 🎷

a prodigious child / a music prodigy / a musically gifted child

a child who has a great natural ability for music

a virtuoso [ˌvɜːtjuˈəʊsəʊ]

a brilliant performer; a person with masterly skill or technique

precociousness [prɪˈkəʊʃəsnəs]

the condition of showing mental development or achievement much earlier than usual

to provoke awed attention

to evoke a feeling of great respect, sometimes mixed with fear or surprise

to marvel at something / somebody

to be impressed or surprised by

to miss out on a normal childhood

not be able to experience a normal childhood

to fade / sink into obscurity

to gradually be forgotten after being well-known

to surpass [səˈpɑːs] one's ambition

to do or be better than expected

to engage somebody

to employ, get somebody involved

to hothouse [ˈhɒthaʊz]

to give a child a lot of extra teaching or training in an activity or subject, because one wants them to be very good at it

to oversee

to watch over, manage, and direct somebody or a task done by somebody

to hector

to try to make somebody do something by talking [& usually behaving in an aggressive manner]

to push somebody

to forcefully persuade or direct somebody to do or achieve something

to have a clash with somebody

to fight, argue, or disagree with someone

the sole focus [of]

the main thing that somebody is concerned with / about

a flawless performance

a perfect, unmatched performance, without mistakes

to have a hunch

to have an intuitive feeling about something

to take a liking to something

to begin to like something

to pay off

to result positively, in success [which is brought about by hard work]

to be musically trained / to take music lessons

to get music education

to enroll somebody in a music class

to accept somebody as a student of a music class; to sign somebody up for a music class

the Mozart effect

the theory that listening to classical music from a young age may bolster one's cognition

to have a lasting impact

to have a long-term effect

a no-brainer

something that requires or involves little or no mental effort; a decision that is very easy to make

to be intertwined

to be closely connected

to score higher in

to show better results in [maths & English]

syllabus ['sɪləbəs]

a brief outline of a course of study; (!) a detailed outline or plan for a specific course or subject within a curriculum

curriculum [kəˈrɪkjələm]

all the subjects and courses offered in a school, college, etc.

STEM subjects

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics disciplines

to ghettoise [ˈɡetəʊaɪz]

to treat something or somebody as unimportant [or different in a negative way]

a specialist teacher

a teacher with expertise in a certain area of study [like a music teacher]

to eliminate barriers

to get rid of obstacles; to deal with hindrances

to take the matter into one's own hands

to take responsibility for a certain activity and to deal with it the way one considers the most appropriate

to pool resources

to combine resources into a common fund

to leave something to chance

not to take any action; to let the situation unfold by itself

to kick the can down the road

to delay a decision in hopes that a problem or issue will go away or somebody else will make the decision later; = to postpone; to avoid or delay dealing with a problem