Amazing Statistics about band students!
“Playing a musical instrument requires greater than 90 percent of the brain's capacity. We have found no other discipline that does this.”
- Dr. Frank Wilson, Neurologist, 1993 Pulitzer Prize Ceremony
"Music listening, performance and composition engage nearly every area of the brain that we have so far identified, and involves nearly every neural subsystem."
- David Levitin, This Is Your Brain On Music, 2006
"High school music students have been shown to hold higher grade point averages (GPA) than non-musicians in the same school."
- National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988
"Music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school." - Lewis Thomas, Case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa, 1994
"Students who participate in school band or orchestra have the lowest levels of current and lifelong use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs among any group in our society." - H. Con. Res. 266, United States Senate, June 13, 2000
"A study of 7,500 university students revealed that music majors scored the highest reading scores among all majors including English, biology, chemistry and math.”
- The Case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa, 1994
"Music training helps under-achievers. Students lagging behind in scholastic performance caught up to their fellow students in reading and surpassed their classmates in math by 22% when given music instruction over seven months."
- Nature, May 23, 1996
"Students of lower socioeconomic status who took music lessons in grades 8–12 increased their math scores significantly as compared to non-music students. Reading, history, geography and even social skills soared by 40%"
- Gardiner, Fox, Jeffrey and Knowles, Nature, May 23, 1996
"Students who were exposed to music-based lessons scored a full 100% higher on fractions tests than those who learned in the conventional manner."
- Neurological Research, March 15, 1999
"Middle school and high school students who participated in instrumental music performances scored significantly higher than their non-band peers in standardized tests." - University of Sarasota Study, Jeffrey Lynn Kluball; East Texas State University Study, Daryl Erick Trent
"U.S. Department of Education data show that students who report consistently high levels of involvement in instrumental music during the middle and high-school years show significantly higher levels of mathematics proficiency by grade 12."
- James Catterall, Richard Chapleau, and John Iwanaga, Involvement in the Arts and Human Development, 1999
"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."
- Albert Einstein
“The College Entrance Examination Board found that students in music appreciation scored 63 points higher on verbal and 44 points higher on math than students with no arts participation.” - College-Bound Seniors National Report: Profile of SAT Program Test Takers. Princeton, NJ: The College Entrance Examination Board, 2001
“The schools that produced the highest academic achievement in the United States today are spending 20% to 30% of the day on the arts, with special emphasis on music.”- International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IAEEA) Test, 1988
Music enhances the process of learning. The systems they nourish, which include our integrated sensory, attention, cognitive, emotional and motor capacities, are shown to be the driving forces behind all other learning.
- Konrad, R.R., Empathy, Arts and Social Studies, 2000
The world’s top academic countries place a high value on music education. Hungary, Netherlands and Japan have required music training at the elementary and middle school levels, both instrumental and vocal, for several decades.
- 1988 International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IAEEA) Test
Students of lower socioeconomic status gain as much or more from arts instruction than those of higher socioeconomic status.
- James Catterall et al., 1999
With music in schools, students connect to each other better—greater camaraderie, fewer fights, less racism and reduced use of hurtful sarcasm.
- Eric Jensen, Arts With the Brain in Mind, 2001
Children who have received music instruction scored higher marks on tests of their spatial and arithmetic skills.
- Rauscher, F.H., Shaw, G.L., Levine, L.J., Wright, E.L., Dennis, W.R., and Newcomb, R., Music training causes long-term enhancement of preschool children’s spatial temporal reasoning, 1997
A Columbia University study revealed that students in the arts are found to be more cooperative with teachers and peers, more self-confident and better able to express their ideas. These benefits exist across socioeconomic levels.
- The Arts Education Partnership, 1999
SAT scores of students who took part in music instruction surpassed students with no music training. Data collected from students taking the SAT, indicated that students taking music and arts averaged scores that were higher than non music students by 60 points on the verbal section and 43 points on the math section.
- The College Board, Profile of College - Bound Seniors National Report for 2001
78% of Americans feel learning a musical instrument helps students perform better in other subjects.
- Gallup Poll, “American Attitudes Toward Music,” 2003
Nine out of ten adults and teenagers who play instruments agree that music making brings the family closer together.
- Music Making and Our Schools, American Music Conference, 2000
- Dr. Frank Wilson, Neurologist, 1993 Pulitzer Prize Ceremony
"Music listening, performance and composition engage nearly every area of the brain that we have so far identified, and involves nearly every neural subsystem."
- David Levitin, This Is Your Brain On Music, 2006
"High school music students have been shown to hold higher grade point averages (GPA) than non-musicians in the same school."
- National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988
"Music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school." - Lewis Thomas, Case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa, 1994
"Students who participate in school band or orchestra have the lowest levels of current and lifelong use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs among any group in our society." - H. Con. Res. 266, United States Senate, June 13, 2000
"A study of 7,500 university students revealed that music majors scored the highest reading scores among all majors including English, biology, chemistry and math.”
- The Case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa, 1994
"Music training helps under-achievers. Students lagging behind in scholastic performance caught up to their fellow students in reading and surpassed their classmates in math by 22% when given music instruction over seven months."
- Nature, May 23, 1996
"Students of lower socioeconomic status who took music lessons in grades 8–12 increased their math scores significantly as compared to non-music students. Reading, history, geography and even social skills soared by 40%"
- Gardiner, Fox, Jeffrey and Knowles, Nature, May 23, 1996
"Students who were exposed to music-based lessons scored a full 100% higher on fractions tests than those who learned in the conventional manner."
- Neurological Research, March 15, 1999
"Middle school and high school students who participated in instrumental music performances scored significantly higher than their non-band peers in standardized tests." - University of Sarasota Study, Jeffrey Lynn Kluball; East Texas State University Study, Daryl Erick Trent
"U.S. Department of Education data show that students who report consistently high levels of involvement in instrumental music during the middle and high-school years show significantly higher levels of mathematics proficiency by grade 12."
- James Catterall, Richard Chapleau, and John Iwanaga, Involvement in the Arts and Human Development, 1999
"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music."
- Albert Einstein
“The College Entrance Examination Board found that students in music appreciation scored 63 points higher on verbal and 44 points higher on math than students with no arts participation.” - College-Bound Seniors National Report: Profile of SAT Program Test Takers. Princeton, NJ: The College Entrance Examination Board, 2001
“The schools that produced the highest academic achievement in the United States today are spending 20% to 30% of the day on the arts, with special emphasis on music.”- International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IAEEA) Test, 1988
Music enhances the process of learning. The systems they nourish, which include our integrated sensory, attention, cognitive, emotional and motor capacities, are shown to be the driving forces behind all other learning.
- Konrad, R.R., Empathy, Arts and Social Studies, 2000
The world’s top academic countries place a high value on music education. Hungary, Netherlands and Japan have required music training at the elementary and middle school levels, both instrumental and vocal, for several decades.
- 1988 International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IAEEA) Test
Students of lower socioeconomic status gain as much or more from arts instruction than those of higher socioeconomic status.
- James Catterall et al., 1999
With music in schools, students connect to each other better—greater camaraderie, fewer fights, less racism and reduced use of hurtful sarcasm.
- Eric Jensen, Arts With the Brain in Mind, 2001
Children who have received music instruction scored higher marks on tests of their spatial and arithmetic skills.
- Rauscher, F.H., Shaw, G.L., Levine, L.J., Wright, E.L., Dennis, W.R., and Newcomb, R., Music training causes long-term enhancement of preschool children’s spatial temporal reasoning, 1997
A Columbia University study revealed that students in the arts are found to be more cooperative with teachers and peers, more self-confident and better able to express their ideas. These benefits exist across socioeconomic levels.
- The Arts Education Partnership, 1999
SAT scores of students who took part in music instruction surpassed students with no music training. Data collected from students taking the SAT, indicated that students taking music and arts averaged scores that were higher than non music students by 60 points on the verbal section and 43 points on the math section.
- The College Board, Profile of College - Bound Seniors National Report for 2001
78% of Americans feel learning a musical instrument helps students perform better in other subjects.
- Gallup Poll, “American Attitudes Toward Music,” 2003
Nine out of ten adults and teenagers who play instruments agree that music making brings the family closer together.
- Music Making and Our Schools, American Music Conference, 2000