Valuable Resources

For children studies have shown that music imparts better listening skills, elevates self-esteem, teaches perseverance, generates a stronger work ethic, greatly improves concentration, enhances creativity, cultivates discipline, encourages healthy emotional expression, and provides them with a lifelong hobby that may even give them future employment opportunities if they so desire.

For teenagers studies show that music offers them a very constructive use of their time, makes their college applications more appealing, reduces stress levels, gives them a stronger sense of personal identity, upgrades their leadership qualities, and greatly increases their ability to perform under pressure.

For adults music reduces stress, provides mental stimulation, greatly enhances memory, helps them to relax, gives them a much-needed creative outlet, offers them personal fulfillment, satisfies them socially, and furnishes them with ample opportunities for lifelong learning experiences.

If you’re still on the fence about whether or not to enroll your kids in music lessons then consider the following Time Magazine article, which explains how scientific studies have shown how music vastly improves people’s linguistic skills: How Music Lessons Can Help Children Learn Languages (TIME)

The Washington Post also reports how making music reduces stress, enhances memory capabilities, improves emotional health, and drastically slows the brain’s aging process: How Music Benefits the Brain and Mental Health (The Washington Post)

And if you’re an adult who thinks that it might be too late to start learning how to play or sing then this take from The Guardian may be worth your time: 10 Expert Tips on How to Become More Musical (The Guardian)

Here’s yet another article along those same lines: Music Training, Neuroplasticity, and Executive Function (National Institutes of Health)

Another thing to remember is that students who continue lessons over several years generally experience greater musical growth and broader educational benefits than those who stop after only a few months: The Impact of Instrumental Music Learning on Academic Attainment (Cambridge University Press)