Small Wonders (1995), Together (2002), They Shall Have Music (1939), Raise Your Voice (2004), The Music Man (2003) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Music Education movies.
Storyline: When single mother Roberta Guaspari had funding for her public school violin teacher position eliminated, she set up a nonprofit foundation to continue her work. This documentary follows Guaspari as she teaches at three different East Harlem schools, where her students range from the youngest beginners to teenage veterans. The acclaimed teacher uses her reputation to help motivate her students with high-profile rewards, climaxing with a concert at Carnegie Hall.
Plot Keywords: teacher, student, violinist, inspiring, charming, harlem, n.y., school ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Liu Xiaochun (Tang Yun), a 13-year-old violin prodigy, and his devoted father, Liu Cheng (Liu Peiqi), leave their provincial Chinese town for Beijing, hoping to find a violin teacher and, ultimately, success. The teenager is at first coached by the eccentric professor Jiang (Wang Zhiwen), but he is soon replaced with the renowned professor Yu (Chen Kaige). The day of the big competition is fast approaching, and Xiaochun must decide if this new, high-pressure life is right for him.
Plot Keywords: violinist, child prodigy, father, music teacher, eccentric, competitor, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A boy from the streets of New York finds music tickets to a Heifetz concert, which rekindles his earlier interest in the violin. He subsequently runs away from home and happens across a music school for children (played by members of the Peter Meremblum California Youth Symphony Orchestra). He is taken in by kindly Professor Lawson, the head of the school and resumes violin study while sleeping in the basement of the school. Despite the best efforts of Peter and Ann to raise money, the school is about to be foreclosed upon by Flower and associates. The kids in the school, led by Frankie, try to raise money themselves, and run across Heifetz in the process. After many more well-trodden cinematic paths have been navigated, Heifetz finally is convinced to sponsor the school.—Butch <butch@unix.mclv.net>
Plot Keywords: poor boy, classmate, teacher, violinist, schoolmaster, touching, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This film is about a teenage girl who is very upset about her brother's death in a car crash. Terri has a love of singing and making up her own songs. Her brother (before his death) secretly submits a DVD of her singing to a musical summer camp down in L.A. Her father doesn't want her to go, but secretly her mom lets her go and everything goes fine, except she has stage fright. She gets through her stage fright with the help of her new friend Jay. At the end of the contest everyone at the musical school have to perform something. And if they win, they win a scholarship along with it. Her dad finds out, comes down to L.A. and threatens to take her home! Will he let her stay? and will she win the contest? Viewers are on the edges of their seats to find out what happens...
Plot Keywords: singer, father, brother, partner, instructor, aunt, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Professor Harold Hill (Matthew Broderick) is a con artist who runs a very particular scam. With the help of his partner in crime, Marcellus Washburn (David Aaron Baker), Hill travels to small towns, convinces the townsfolk they need a marching band, collects money for instruments and uniforms, then splits with the cash. When Hill tries his luck in the small Iowa town of River City, however, he finds himself up against his staunchest opponent yet: nosy librarian Marian Paroo (Kristin Chenoweth).
Plot Keywords: con artist, band leader, student, librarian, musician, mayor, amusing ...
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