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Springfield High School offers a unique range of music opportunities for students in grades 9-12. Students can participate in traditional performance ensembles such as band, chorus, and orchestra as well as unique elective offerings including: Intro to guitar and ukulele, intro to music theory, AP music theory, digital music production, and music and media.

The Springfield School District Instrumental Music Program has a long tradition of excellence in music education including alumni who are professional performers and teachers.

Why play a musical instrument?

U.S. Department of Education data on more than 25,000 secondary school students found that students who report consistent high levels of involvement in instrumental music over the middle and high school years show "significantly higher levels of mathematics proficiency by grade 12."- U.S. Department of Education NELLS88 Database
Music education improves recall and retention of verbal information. -Arts Education Partnership, 2011
A research team reports that early music training dramatically enhancing children's abstract reasoning skills. These findings indicate that music uniquely enhances higher brain functions required for mathematics, chess, science and engineering. - From Neurological Research, Feb 28, 1997; Frances Rauscher, Ph.D., Gordon Shaw, Ph.D, University of California, Irvine
Music education improves average SAT scores. -Arts Education Partnership, 2011
The College Entrance Examination Board found that students involved in public school music programs scored 107 points higher on the SAT's than students with no participation. -Profiles of SAT and Achievement Test Takers, The College Board, compiled by the Music Educators National Conference (2002)
Perserverance is developed and strengthened through music education. -Scott, L. (1992). Attention and Perseverance Behaviors of Preschool Children Enrolled in Suzuki Violin Lessons and Other Activities. Journal of Research in Music Education, 40(3), 225-235.
Students in high-quality school music education programs score higher on standardized tests compared to students in schools with deficient music education programs, regardless of the socioeconomic level of community -Nature Neuroscience, April 2007
Cognitive and neural benefits of musical experience continue throughout the lifespan, and counteract some of the negative effects of aging, such as memory and hearing difficulties in older adults -Parbery-Clark A, A.S., Kraus N. , Musical Experience and Hearing Loss: Perceptual, Cognitive and Neural Benefits. , in Association for Research in Otolaryngology Symposium. 2014: San Diego, CA.

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