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The Educational Investment

"5 Reasons and Benefits for Music Education"

2. Music provides an excellent foundation in spatial intelligence and critical reasoning

Spatial intelligence is the ability to perceive the world around us as well as to create mental visualizations.  These skills are utilized everyday from solving mathematical problems to simple tasks such as packing a backpack with everything needed.

3. Music education can be an important workplace skill

Statistics have shown that a bulk of the world's C.E.O.s have had musical training at some point in their lifetime signifying their gained skills in memorization, organization, critical problem solving, communication, presentation, and multi-dimensional creative thinking.

1. Musical study enhances cross curricular subjects such as Math, Literacy, and Language Arts

Math, Science, and Languages are built on a system of communication through the use of symbols equivalent to the communication of sounds and pitches organized in a system known as musical theory.  Music can become a soft skill that enriches and further stimulates learning.

4. Music provides an excellent bridge for self expression

Music helps build confidence and skills for presentation.  The ability to play a musical instrument is an excellent tool for encouraging self expression.

5. Music is a wonderful life long skill you can share with others

Music is one of the few communicational gifts that can be shared and understood on an international level.  Music is present in every part of the world and in every culture.