I believe that we are here to learn something that we didn't previously know, and that we are here to question and challenge anything and everything that we think we know. The etymological roots of the word "education" mean "to draw out," or "to bring out." The methods used in this course, and the approaches taken to learning, are intended to be useful throughout one's life in the continual process of bringing out of one's inner self insights which range beyond the acquisition of facts. We use the study of music as a means to acquire critical thinking skills, develop imagination, and to become incurably curious, inveterate questioners, seekers after knowledge and wisdom.