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What does band DO for you?
What does band DO for you?
There are numerous studies that show positive correlations between music involvement and GPA, graduation rates, standardized test scores, college acceptance rates, physical and emotional health, interpersonal relationships, and much more.
Want Smarter Kids? Teach Music, Not Coding, According to MIT. The latest neuroscience shows that learning a musical instrument increases brain power.
"musicians' brains were vastly more structurally and functionally connected than non-musicians... [and] higher cognitive functions like memory, working memory, and executive functions."
The Comparative Academic Abilities of Students in Education and in Other Areas of a Multi-focus University
"Music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school... 66 percent of music majors who applied to med school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group. For comparison, (44 percent) of biochemistry majors were admitted."
Effects of Music Courses on Retention Georgia Tech
"a student who participates in at least one college elective music course is 4.5 times more likely to stay in college than the general student population."
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