Ensemble Quote by Pauline Oliveros

I was a terrible student, but I never missed a music class. In fact, I don't even think I attended most of my gen-ed…

— Ashley McBryde

You play ensemble things that you had no idea you were going to play two minutes before.

— Lester Bowie

Without music in schools' curriculum, there is a void for young people to express, explore, and experience music.

— Paul Rodgers

Music and dance have also always been a communal activity, something that everyone participated in. The thought of a musical concert in which a…

— Daniel Levitin

We were playing, not for the drunks, but for the musicians, because it was more intellectually challenging. We needed somewhere to put our energy…

— Ronnie Hawkins

When we were doing noisier shows, they were fun, but we were trying to be really obnoxious and it wasn't like we were trying…

— Andrew VanWyngarden

There are these sounds that come from outside that work really well if you're listening. If you're not listening, if you're blocking them out,…

— Pauline Oliveros

I was very disruptive. I was horrible. I didn't learn like all the other kids. I had to sometimes take my tests out in…

— Eliza Coupe

There's something really emotional about not having any sound. That allows, I think, the audience to participate more actively and kind of imagine what…

— Pete Docter

“But she was uncomfortable with what the professors called 'participation,' and did not see why it should be part of the final grade; it…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Were so far away they had no idea of the impact we were making. They saw the music as local music that would never…

— Paul Wall

I learned to listen and listen very well. It helped me athletically and in the classroom as well. The person who talks a lot…

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee