Do we really need music and music education? Isn't it just a luxurious hobby for snobs, a time-filler for people with too much free time or annoying music lessons at primary school? The common belief and widespread cliché about music education suggest that music is somehow superfluous – something at the bottom of the list of life priorities, a pastime for someone who likes to strum, fiddle, bang or sing. Isn't the internet, the malls an...