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On November 7, 2012, Cynthia Fox of 95.5 KLOS radio, interviewed Highland Hall parents Kristen and Stephen Stills. On a radio podcast and short video, they describe why they chose Waldorf education for their son, and why they feel integrating arts and music into the academic curriculum is important.

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I am Cynthia Fox and we are here in Calabasas to be and we're honored to be joined by the legendary Steven Phil is here with his wife turn in the road here to speak to the importance of music education but also they want to speak with High Praise of a wonderful School Highland Hall in Matteson Northridge it's a Waldorf School and you both have found that this is a much healthier approach to education because if we use is Art and music education throughout so you find that this is a much better approach for all kids next time it's about educating the whole child somehow to Century experience of playing music out you mean trying sang or learning math through using rocks the something about the tactile experience of that other side of Oz whole body will never level hang out and that's kind of where the start but I'm going to turn to my wife when this month more about this soon Christian you also wanted to talk about how this is meant as a big difference made a big difference for you and your family the Waldorf approach I think that you know we didn't know much about it until we were in it and we have learned as we've gone on with a second grader you know mentioning is about enlivening the senses engaging and enlivening the all of the fences and how that creates the neural hippo foundation for Higher Learning for years and years to come so if you don't have that in what's going on in education today as we don't have art in musically some kids are missing that piece and it's a critical part of development that's being being lost because he mentioned earlier the scientific research done by neurologist Daniel Levitin and his music work show you're saying is the only what you feel as a parent the music education is important you did you feel it inside but you're being validated on the scientific level 2 something that lasts a lifetime to gift of music did you experience who singing at speakers to yard in total it's a painting and I'm drama and and reciting place and stuff like that salt just music because there's going to be kids I can't then I'll get to a certain level of Music show but there's going to be something and as long as you can open the in the court of the day or am I supposed to be immensely valuable what the neurologist with phase that neurons that fire together wire together so in doing something like learning a song with a group of your classmates you know there's a multitude of experiences occurring in the brain and or or like Steven was mentioning the drawing in the drama and it's creating neural networks that will help you learn math and help you learn English and not learn a foreign language positive change which of course the two of you have both done on and we do want to mention jury quickly cast 2012 uses come off 87 shows and you also included to show the benefit at Highland Hall British very classic had the chance to come and visit with us here because this is something that's always in part of your legacy which is giving back and being active and also provide play music it's not only been the rallying point for people but also happens to keep trying and keep him I don't know how that makes me an activist but it's the fact that I participate in society but when I hear the word activist I have an entirely different image  and I'm just out of God rest we finally got together to do a show for Craigslist go to bat hand funeral I'm just not pizza Figueroa Street can you use your position in life you know the fact that you have Cloud if you will listen if you're advocating for music education they're going to listen to you because look at the Legacy what would you accomplish on your own. first and citizens hacker musician as a calling buy flavored find some houses celebrity of a lot or microphone High electrum accident website find sometimes don't find Fair because their parents in our schools who can speak to these things much clearer than I can and wife starting like on and I'm just for a bigger gave us the opportunity to come in and speak to you about me what's the weather in Kristen and also be want to speak to the fact that you were executive producer of fun HBO documentary which is all not tell us the title in the musical and it was about how autistic kids were incorporated into musical theatre anything new in new strings with and many of them are highly involved in and what they we showed featured in the film one of the children actually went on to be an advocate for the miracle project and teaching kids with autism and Spectrum kids to the cannot believe the method they were trapped by this neurology that they could be whatever they wanted to be and he goes around the world and Prince that message and play Blossom gets it's an amazing miracle today to really spread the word and be active on spot on behalf of causes that you believe in life Inc that is really important because sometimes people like maybe the path maybe they're afraid maybe they think they can't make a difference between RV note focusing attention on causes that matter really going to help a lot of kids the fact that you were saying music education is important in and then it's validated is going to help with so many other kids and Families transfer after thank you both was thank you very much for having me Payless

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