Notable Quotable: Jane Chu on the Impact of Teaching Music

"The lessons I learned at the keyboard went far beyond any specific piece of music I performed. Music has helped to inform my life; it has helped to develop my own capacity. From my perspective, the work you're doing goes far beyond your teaching methods, and your intellectual findings. You are providing us with tools to bloom into our full potential." -NEA Chairman Jane Chu, speaking at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy