Citations for Advacacy

1.         In a 2000 survey, 73% of respondents agree that teens who play instruments are less likely to have discipline problems.

Americans Love Making Music - And Value Music Education More Highly Than Ever, American Music Conference, 2000

 2.        A ten-year study indicated that students who study music achieve higher test scores, regardless

            of socioeconomic background. Dr. James Catteral,  UCLA

 3.       In  a 1999 Columbia University study, students in the arts are found to be more cooperative with teachers and peers, more

self-confident, and better able to express their ideas.  The benefits exist across socioeconomic levels.

           The Arts Education Partnership, 1999.

4.       College admissions officers continue to cite participation in music as an important factor in making admissions decisions.

They claim that music participation demonstrates time management, creativity, expression, and openmindedness.

            Carl Hartman, "Arts May Improve Students' Grades," The Associated Press, October 1999

 5.       On the 1999 SAT, music students continued to outperform their non-arts peers, scoring 61 points higher on the verbal

portion and 42 points higher on the math portion of the exam.

           Steven M. Demorest and Steven J. Morrison, "Does Music Make You Smarter?" Music Educators Journal, September 2000

 6.      College students majoring in music achieve scores  higher than students of all other majors on college reading exams.

          Carl Hartman, "Arts May Improve Students' Grades," The Associated Press, October 1999

 7.       The average scores achieved by music students on the 1999 SAT increased for every year of musical study.

            This same trend was found in SAT scores of previous years.

           Steven M. Demorest and Steven J. Morrison, " Does Music Make You Smarter?" Music Educators Journal,  September 2000

  8.       A majority of the engineers and technical designers in Silicon Valley are also practicing musicians.

             The Case for  Sequential Music Education in the Core Curriculum of the Public Schools,

              Center for the Arts in the Basic Curriculum,  1997

 9.       Ninth grade students in a Chicago arts program achieved reading scores that were a full grade level higher   than students

not in the program. All other variables, including race, gender, and socioeconomic status, were equal in this study.

           CAPE Study,  President's Council on the Arts and Humanities, 2000

10.    The part of the brain responsible for planning, foresight, and coordination is  substantially larger for instrumental musicians

that for the general public.

          "Music On the Mind", Newsweek, July 24, 2000