Advocacy


How can you help?


Pick an article below and share it with local policy makers, community leaders, school administrators and school board members


Include a personal note on how music has impacted your life!



If you Want Smarter Kids, Teach them Music, Not Coding - according to MIT

Latest Research in Neuroscience shows that learning an instrument increases brain power

https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/want-smarter-kids-teach-music-not-coding-according-to-mit.html


Music lessons improve children's cognitive skills and academic performance

Science Daily - March 26, 2018

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180326140244.htm

Study finds live classical music has huge emotional benefits for children

https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/children-emotional-impact-live-classical-music-study/



Music and Language - A Brain Partnership

By Dr Nina Kraus - Professor of Neurobiology at Northwestern University

https://arts.stanford.edu/event/nina-kraus-music-and-language-a-brain-partnership/



How music can help kids learn literacy skills

by Deborah Farmer Kris

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/58810/how-music-can-help-kids-learn-literacy-skills



How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain

By Dr Anita Collins - Educator, Researching and Writer in the field of brain development and music learning

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-playing-an-instrument-benefits-your-brain-anita-collins