Benefits of music lessons for young adults

The skills gained through sequential music instruction, including discipline and the ability to analyze, solve problems, communicate and work cooperatively, are vital for success in the 21st century workplace.

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CONCURRENT RES. 355, MARCH 6, 2006

The fact is the education system we're all trying so hard to improve was developed in the 18th and 19th centuries to meet the needs of a different age—the age of industrialism... But America is rapidly becoming a post-industrial economy. Now we need visionaries who can anticipate the future we face, while building on the traditions we've inherited. We need to figure out where we're going and reconfigure education accordingly.

ROBINSON, SIR KEN, "HOW CREATIVITY, EDUCATION AND THE ARTS SHAPE A MODERN ECONOMY," EDUCATION COMMISSION OF THE STATES ECS), 2005

Music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school.

THOMAS, L., "CASE FOR MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS," PHI DELTA KAPPA, 1994

The foremost technical designers and engineers in Silicon Valley are almost all practicing musicians.

DICKINSON, D., MUSIC AND THE MIND, 1993

The U.S. Department of Education agrees, identifying arts education as core curriculum in the federal No Child Left Behind Act. And a 2006 Gallup Poll revealed that 94 percent of Americans consider music to be part of a well-rounded education.

Students indicate that arts participation motivates them to stay in school, and that the arts create a supportive environment that promotes constructive acceptance of criticism and one in which it is safe to take risks. BARRY N., TAYLOR, K. AND WALLS K., CRITICAL LINKS: LEARNING IN THE ARTS AND STUDENT ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AEP, 2002

A Columbia University study revealed that students in the arts are found to be more cooperative with teacher and peers, more self-confident and better able to express their ideas.

BURTON, J., HOROWITZ, R., ABELES, H. CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE, AEP, 1999