Music at Hogwarts--Why Not?

[Emma Moniz]

No: HPFGUIDX 21649

Someone mentioned Ron, his magical trombone's spit valve and I 
believe Lavander's feet, and a thought hit me: where is music in the 
magical world, and, more specifically, in a magical education?  
Suffer the band geek and potental SAI sister that I am, and ponder.  
Music is mentioned only in passing throughout the series.  The music 
group called the Wierd Sisters, the Sorting Hat's Song and the School 
Song.  In PS/SS, we read:  "'Ah, music,' he [Dumbledore] said, wiping 
his eyes.  'A magic beyond all we do here!'..."  If Dumbledore has 
such an appreciation for music, which he obviously does, why is there 
no music at Hogwarts?  Musical education is a part of most schools, 
to varying degrees of importance, from elementary schools through 
college here in the States.  Band, orchestra and chorus are all 
incorporated into the education of young people.  Why is music 
ignored at Hogwarts?  Are there no specifically wizarding instruments 
or composers?  Is music simply perifrial entertainment, like the 
Wierd Sisters?

I personally would like to believe that there is indeed magic 
inherent in music.  The song of the siren, the keening dirge of the 
banshee...all of these are magical, moreso than anything that comes 
out of a wand.  They are old magics, something that has been 
mentioned time and time again.  Why are they overlooked?  Is music 
not given the emphasis in Britain it is here in the States?  Is that 
why JKR left it out, even in passing?  

I think Ron's a trombone kind of man.  Hermione has the lungs and the 
discipline for the trumpet.  And, simply because I was a drummer 
chick, give Harry a snare instead of a snitch and let him go to town.

~Emma
Gryffindor
8" Mahogany, unicorn hair