Quotes in Support of Music in Education
"Musical activities provide children with important experiences
that can help them develop physical coordination, timing, memory,
visual, aural and language skills. When they work to increase
their command of music and exercise musical skills in the company
of others, they gain important experience with self-paced learning,
mental concentration and a heightened personal and social awareness."
Frank R. Wilson, M.D.; Associate Clinical Professor of
Neurology - University of California School of Medicine in San
Francisco; AMC 1998 Publication: Music and Your Child
"Music is about communication, creativity,
and cooperation, and, by studying music in school, students have
the opportunity to build on these skills, enrich their lives,
and experience the world from a new perspective."
Bill Clinton, former President of the United States
"Studying music and the arts elevates
children's education, expands students' horizons, and teaches
them to appreciate the wonder of life."
"If we can develop strong music education programs in
schools all over the country, good things will happen. Our schools
will be stronger. Our children will be smarter. Our nation will
be greater. And our lives will be filled with music."
Richard W. Riley, U.S. Secretary of Education, in a speech
to the National Assembly of MENC
"Music education opens doors that help
children pass from school into the world around them - a world
of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement.
The future of our nation depends on providing our children with
a complete education that includes music."
Gerald Ford, former President of the United States
"When presented with the many and manifest
benefits of music education, officials at all levels should universally
support a full, balanced, sequential course of music instruction
taught by qualified teachers. And every student will have an
education in the arts."
from MENC Music Education Facts and Figures
Ninety-five percent of respondents to a 1997
Gallup survey agreed that playing in school band is a good way
to develop teamwork skills.
1997 Gallup survey on American attitues toward music education
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