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Day 12 of 12 Benefits of Music Education

12. An arts education exposes children to the incomparable. (Find 12 benefits of Music Education article here)

Day 11 of the 12 Benefits of Music Education

11. Music performance teaches young people to conquer fear and to
take risks.  A little anxiety is a good thing, and something that will occur
often in life.  Dealing with it early and often makes it less of a problem
later. Risk-taking  is essential if a child is to fully develop his or her
potential. Music contributes to mental health and can help prevent risky
behavior such as teenage drug abuse. (Find 12 benefits of Music Education article here)

Day 9 of 12 Benefits of Music Education

9. Music provides children with a means of self-expression. Now
that there is  relative security in the basics of existence, the challenge is to
make life meaningful  and to reach for a higher stage of development. Everyone
needs to be in touch  at some time in his life with his core, with what he is
and what he feels. Self-esteem  is a by-product of this self-expression. (Find 12 benefits of Music Education article here)

Day 8 of 12 Benefits of Music Education

8. Music study enhances teamwork skills and discipline. In order
for an orchestra  to sound good, all players must work together harmoniously
towards a single goal,  the performance, and must commit to learning music,
attending rehearsals, and  practicing. (Find 12 benefits of Music Education
article here)

Day 7 of the 12 Benefits of Music Education

 7. In music, a mistake is a mistake; the instrument is in tune or
not, the notes  are well played or not, the entrance is made or not. It is only
by much hard  work that a successful performance is possible. Through music
study, students  learn the value of sustained effort to achieve excellence and
the concrete rewards  of hard work. (Find 12 benefits of Music Education article here)

Day 6 of the 12 Benefits of Music Eduation

6. Students of music learn craftsmanship as they study how  details are put together  painstakingly and what constitutes good, as opposed to mediocre, work. These  standards, when applied to a student's own work, demand a  new level of excellence  and require students to stretch their inner resources. (Find 12 benefits of Music Education article here)

Day 4 of 12 Benefits of Music Education

4. Recent studies show that students who study the arts are more
successful on  standardized tests such as the SAT. They also achieve higher
grades in high school. (Find 12 benefits of Music Education article here)

Day 3 of the 12 benefits of Music Education

 3.Students of the arts learn to think creatively and to solve
problems by imagining  various solutions, rejecting outdated rules and
assumptions. Questions about  the arts do not have only one right
answer. (Find 12 benefits of Music Education article here)

Day 2 of 12 Benefits of Music Education

2. There is also a causal link between music and spatial intelligence (the ability  to perceive the world accurately and to form mental pictures of things). This  kind of intelligence, by which one can visualize various elements that should  go together, is critical to the sort of thinking  necessary for everything from  solving advanced mathematics problems to being able to pack a book-bag with everything  that will be needed for the day. (Find 12 benefits of Music Education  article here)