Making music together, children to work as a team while they each contribute to the song in their own way. At the same time, music helps children learn that together they can make something larger than the sum of its parts. -©2015 Program for Early Parent Support
Music Truth!
Four out of five Americans believe their music education has contributed to their level of personal fulfillment. - Harris Poll, 2014
A Shout Out to All of the Band Directors We Know!
For this week's Music Truth, we'd like to give a shout out to all of the amazing band directors we have the pleasure of knowing!
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.
- Presentation to U.S. Congress, 2007.
Tuesday's Music Truth!
Perseverance is developed and strengthened through music education.
Journal of Research in Music Education
Musicians Are Everywhere!
A kid with a music degree isn't limited to a performance or teaching career. Musicians are everywhere. We are project managers, marketers, finance folks, IT people and engineers. In my twenty-some years as a corporate HR person, I was always impressed by the way musical people excelled at logic and non-linear thinking, both.
- Liz Ryan, Let the kids study music, already!, Forbes 2014