Music is an important part of every culture.
	Participation in music stimulates brain development.
	Children develop positive self-esteem through creating, performing, and responding to music.
	Music education supports and enhances the study of other subjects.
	The study of music offers opportunities for all students to experience success.
	Music education promotes patriotism and the development of social and cooperative skills.
	A well-balanced music curriculum promotes a lifelong appreciation and enjoyment of music.

 

"Because music is a basic expression of human culture, every student should have access to a balanced, comprehensive and sequential program of study in music."

(National Standards for Art Education p. 26)

 

"A research team exploring the link between music and intelligence reported that music training is far superior to computer instruction in dramatically enhancing children’s abstract reasoning skills, the skills necessary for learning math and science."

(Shaw, Rauscher, Levine, Wright, Dennis and Newcomb, "Music training causes long-term enhancement of preschool children’s spatial-temporal reasoning."

Neurological Research, Vol. 19, February 1997)