Strings and Band classes are not just about learning how to play an instrument. Our performing ensembles also teach students important life skills such as responsibility, teamwork, perseverance, leadership, accountability, honoring commitments, and discipline. Learning and instrument can also help relieve stress, build self-confidence, and be an outlet for creativity and expression! - Source: The National Association for Music Education
Children who study a musical instrument are more likely to excel in all of their studies, work better in teams, have enhanced critical thinking skills, stay in school, and pursue further education. - Arte Music Academy. "Statistical benefits of music in education." Statistical-Benefits-Of-Music-In-Education. Accessed July 17, 2014.
Students believe that playing music diminishes boundaries between people of different ethnic backgrounds, age groups and social interests. - Presentation to U.S. Congress, 2007, Washington D.C. (Invited and arranged by the National Association of Music Merchants/NAMM, on “The Impact of Music on the Lives of Children and Adolescents”).
Source: The NAMM Foundation