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=Music in the Classroom = PROLOGUE It's Monday morning. Four students, 3 boys and 1 girl, are in the classroom. The teacher has just left to pick up the remainder of the class from the morning lineup. The room is silent. The only thing that occasionally breaks the silence is the sou nd of loose-leaf paper moved around. The boys are casually lying on the rug in the meeting section of this third grade classroom. They are copying words and sentences from the information sheet left by their teacher. They are immersed in their work. I walk towards the girl who is sitting at her desk and discreetly peek at the project she is working on. She hands me the paper she has been rewriting. The music teacher in me takes over for a brief moment, "How do you spell Brahms?" I ask. "B-r-a-b-m-s? Are you sure?". The girl springs to the library section of the room and quickly returns. She passionately grabs her paper from my hands and with smile admits, "you were right". I turn to the boys who are now discussing their project. I hear "use details!". Another voice adds, “I am going to get some details and my research is done". Another girl walks into the room and joins the boys. They continue to work silently. I am moved by the intensity of the learning experience I am observing. My reflections are interrupted as the rest of the class enters the room. The regular school day has just begun. The Case Study.