Advantages of Music Study

 ♫    Music study enhances ability to do well in school

 

♫    Music study enhances school readiness, fine motor control, use of symbol systems,  following directions, concentration, memory, perseverance, visual and aural discrimination, organizational skills, task completion, and goal setting

 

♫     Music study encourages abstract thought and stimulates right-brain activities – synthesis, creativity, intuition, and innovation – skills that are not covered adequately by the school curriculum

 

♫    Music study develops attention span and concentration level

 

♫    Music study builds self-esteem and develops initiative

 

*Confirmed by research findings conducted by Dr. Frances Rauscher of the University of Wisconsin and Dr. Gordon Shaw of the University of California