Why Music? The Benefits of Music Education

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We've all heard how music enhances our lives; aids in the development of the brain; creates positive school and social culture, and helps students in academic settings.  Below is a list of research articles supporting music in our schools and the lives of our children.

Music and Academics - 21st Century Skills, Test Scores, Standardized Tests, etc...

• The Skills Connection Between the Arts and 21st-Century Learning

• Higher Grade Point Averages, 21st Century Skills, and more... NaFME

• Music Boosts Test Scores

• New Study Reveals Strong Relationship Between Quality Music Education Programs and Higher Standardized Test Scores

• Arts Students Outperform Non-Arts Students on SAT

• Taking a Music Class in High School Improves Teen Language Skills; May Boost Academic Performance

• Musical Training Offsets Some Academic Achievement Gaps

• Music Study Enhances IQ, Predicts Academic Performance and raises SAT scores

• Career Readiness and 21st Century Skills

Music and the Brain

• How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain

• Improved Cognition, and more...  NaFME 

• How Brains See Music As Language

• This is Your Brain on Music

• Music Makes Our Brain Sing

• Learning a Musical Instrument Protects the Brain

• This is Your Brain.  This is Your Brain on Music, NPR

• Music Before Age 9 Protects Brain After 60

• How Band Class Alters the Teenage Brain

• Science Shows How Piano Player's Brains Are Actually Different

• Research Confirms Music Training Benefits Kids' Brains

Music: Personal, Social and Cultural Benefits

• Bobby McFerrin TED Talk

• Playing a Musical Instrument Could Help Children Who Suffer From Anxiety

• The Benefits of Music Education - PBS

• The Benefits of Music Education - Music for Young Minds

• The Power of Music: Its Impact on the Intellectual, Social and Personal Development of Children and Young People - Institute of Music Education, University of London