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 20 important benefits of music in our schools

NAfME 2014

1. Musical training helps develop language and reasoning

2. A mastery of memorization

3. Students learn to improve their work

4. Increased coordination

5. A sense of achievement

6. Kids stay engaged in school

7. Success in society

8. Emotional development

9. Students learn pattern recognition

10. Better SAT scores

11. Fine-tuned auditory skills

12. Music builds imagination and intellectual curiosity

13. Music can be relaxing

14. Musical instruments can teach discipline

15. Preparation for the creative economy

16. Development in creative thinking

17. Music can develop spatial intelligence

18. Kids can learn teamwork

19. Responsible risk-taking

20. Better self-confidence