To study music is to explore its past and engage with its present.

Music provides children with a means of self-expression; to make life more meaningful; to reach for a higher stage of development. Self-esteem is a by-product of self-expression.

There is a causal link between music and spatial intelligence: music students can visualize elements that 'go together' and the critical thinking necessary for everything from solving advanced mathematics to being able to pack a book-bag with everything needed for the following day.