Music Changes Lives!
Music Increases Math, Reading, and Spatial Skills!
Music Increases Students' SAT Scores!
Music Teaches Commitment, Organization, Self Discipline and Positive Social
Skills!
Participating In Music Increases A Child's Self-Esteem!
"Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around
them a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of
our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes
music." Gerald Ford, former President, United States of America
Students with coursework/experience in music performance and music appreciation
scored higher on the SAT: students in music performance scored 57 points higher on the
verbal and 41 points higher on the math, and students in music appreciation scored 63
points higher on verbal and 44 points higher on the math, than did students with no arts
participation. College-Bound Seniors National Report: Profile of SAT Program
Test Takers. Princeton, NJ: The College Entrance Examination Board, 2001.
Students with band and orchestra experience attend college at a rate twice the national
average. - Bands Across the USA.
In the Kindergarten classes of the school district of Kettle Moraine, Wisconsin, children
who were given music instruction scored 48 percent higher on spatial-temporal skill tests
than those who did not receive music training. Rauscher, F.H., and Zupan, M.A.
(1999). Classroom keyboard instruction improves kindergarten children's
spatial-temporal performance: A field study. Manuscript in press, Early
Childhood Research Quarterly.
"Music making makes the elderly healthier.... There were significant decreases in anxiety,
depression, and loneliness following keyboard lessons. These are factors that are critical
in coping with stress, stimulating the immune system, and in improved health. Results also
show significant increases in human growth hormones following the same group keyboard
lessons. (Human growth hormone is implicated in aches and pains.)" Dr. Frederick
Tims, reported in AMC Music News, June 2, 1999
Music Increases Students' SAT Scores!
Music Teaches Commitment, Organization, Self Discipline and Positive Social
Skills!
Participating In Music Increases A Child's Self-Esteem!
"Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around
them a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of
our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes
music." Gerald Ford, former President, United States of America
Students with coursework/experience in music performance and music appreciation
scored higher on the SAT: students in music performance scored 57 points higher on the
verbal and 41 points higher on the math, and students in music appreciation scored 63
points higher on verbal and 44 points higher on the math, than did students with no arts
participation. College-Bound Seniors National Report: Profile of SAT Program
Test Takers. Princeton, NJ: The College Entrance Examination Board, 2001.
Students with band and orchestra experience attend college at a rate twice the national
average. - Bands Across the USA.
In the Kindergarten classes of the school district of Kettle Moraine, Wisconsin, children
who were given music instruction scored 48 percent higher on spatial-temporal skill tests
than those who did not receive music training. Rauscher, F.H., and Zupan, M.A.
(1999). Classroom keyboard instruction improves kindergarten children's
spatial-temporal performance: A field study. Manuscript in press, Early
Childhood Research Quarterly.
"Music making makes the elderly healthier.... There were significant decreases in anxiety,
depression, and loneliness following keyboard lessons. These are factors that are critical
in coping with stress, stimulating the immune system, and in improved health. Results also
show significant increases in human growth hormones following the same group keyboard
lessons. (Human growth hormone is implicated in aches and pains.)" Dr. Frederick
Tims, reported in AMC Music News, June 2, 1999
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