Why+Music?

Lewis Thomas, Case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa, 1994
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 * **Music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school.**
 * **Music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school.**

University of Sarasota Study, Jeffrey Lynn Kluball; East Texas State University Study, Daryl Erick Trent
 * Middle school and high school students who participated in instrumental music performances scored significantly higher than their non-band peers in standardized tests.**

H. Con. Res. 266, United States Senate, June 13, 2000
 * 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.**

National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988
 * High school music students have been shown to hold higher grade point averages (GPA) than non-musicians in the same school.**

Gallup Poll, “American Attitudes Toward Music,” 2003
 * 78% of Americans feel learning a musical instrument helps students perform better in other subjects.**

Music Making and Our Schools, American Music Conference, 2000
 * Nine out of ten adults and teenagers who play instruments agree that music making brings the family closer together.**

Eric Jensen, Arts With the Brain in Mind, 2001
 * With music in schools, students connect to each other better—greater camaraderie, fewer fights, less racism and reduced use of hurtful sarcasm.**

Gallup Poll, “American Attitudes Toward Music,” 2003 ||
 * 71% of Americans surveyed by the Gallup Poll believe that teenagers who play an instrument are less likely to have disciplinary problems**.