Why Study Music?
Learning music enhances academic achievement
Learning music encourages healthy social development
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Music programs keep students engaged in school and less likely to drop out
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Music programs help communities share ideas and values among cultures and generations
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Music is a disciplined human endeavor with intrinsic value to society
Learning music enhances the quality of life.
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Music programs provide students with opportunities to:
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express themselves in verbal and non-verbal ways;
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appreciate diverse perspectives, openness and flexibility in thinking;
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develop a high level of self-awareness and self-confidence;
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develop a rich and healthy sense of beauty and imagination
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Music develops skills needed by the 21st century workplace
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Critical and analytical thinking
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Creative problem solving
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Effective communication
Learning music enhances preparation for the workplace
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music programs improve the atmosphere for learning
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Music programs help students achieve in other academic subjects like math, science, and reading
Information taken from "Music Makes Us" - Coalition for Music Education
https://www.musicmakesus.ca/why-learn-music/
“Canadian research affirms that spending time in the arts does not come at the expense of achievement in other subjects, but improves estimation and computation skills and enhances student engagement in school learning overall.”
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Upitis, R. (2011). Engaging students through the arts. The Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat, [Monograph 33]. Toronto, ON: The Royal Conservatory of Music.
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“Regular engagement with music can exert lasting effects on brain function, on brain malleability throughout life.”
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Kuzmich, N. (2010). Brain-music connection: Activations that continue to amaze. The Canadian Music Educator, 52(2), 8-9.
“To succeed in the workplace and in our changing society, people must develop higher level skills, including creativity, problem-solving, the ability to communicate in different ways, self-discipline, tolerance and critical thinking. A growing body of research and decades of practice demonstrate that arts education can help children develop these critical higher level skills.”
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People for Education. (2012). The arts: A report from people for education.
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The question isn't, "Why should you take music?", but rather
"Why are you not taking music?
