Three in five Americans (61%) said it [music education] provided a disciplined problem solving approach and 59% said it prepared people to manage tasks more

Eight in 10 teachers and more than seven in 10 parents believe the number of minutes of music education required every week is an important

Teens see music as their “social glue” and as a bridge for building acceptance and tolerance for people of different ages and cultural backgrounds. ~

It is said that the state of mankind improves through music; music not only trains but educates individuals and makes them fit for a life

Music training leads to greater gains in auditory and motor function when begun in young childhood; by adolescence, the plasticity that characterizes childhood has begun

Young children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory over the course of a year, compared to children who do not

Much like expert technical skills, mastery in arts and humanities is closely correlated to a greater understanding of language components. ~ Trei, Lisa. “Musical training

U.S. Department of Education data on more than 25,000 secondary school students found that students who report consistent high levels of involvement in instrumental music

“At this time when you are making critical and far-reaching budget and program decisions…I write to bring to your attention the importance of the arts

Music enhances fine motor skills, or the ability to use small, acute muscle movements to write, use a computer, and perform other physical tasks. ~

A study of 8 to 11-year-olds found that, those who had extra-curricular music classes, developed higher verbal IQ, and visual abilities, in comparison to those

Teens described their music teachers as encouraging, motivating and acting as both role models and friends that can be trusted for listening and giving advice.

Students at schools with excellent music programs had higher English test scores across the country than students in schools with low-quality music programs; this was

The College Board identifies the arts as one of the six basic academic subject areas students should study in order to succeed in college. ~

Nearly half of parents and teachers support integrating music into the professional development of all educators ~ NAMM Foundation and Grunwald Associates LLC (2015). Striking

Musically trained children performed better in a memory test that is correlated with general intelligence skills such as literacy, verbal memory, visuospatial processing, mathematics, and

Young Children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory over the course of a year, compared to children who do not

Teens described their music teachers as encouraging, motivating and acting as both role models and friends that can be trusted for listening and giving advice.

Students indicate that arts participation motivates them to stay in school, and that the arts create a supportive environment that promotes constructive acceptance of criticism

“When a child picks up a violin for the first time, she/he knows that playing Bach right away is not an option; however, when that