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After weekly training in piano or voice, new research shows young students' IQs rose nearly three points more than their untrained peers.

E. Glenn Schellenberg, of the University of Toronto at Mississauga.

Middle school and high school students who participated in instrumental music scored significantly higher than their non-band peers in standardized tests.

University studies conducted in Georgia and Texas found significant correlations between the number of years of instrumental music instruction and academic achievement in math, science and language arts.

Source: University of Sarasota Study, Jeffrey Lynn Kluball; East Texas State University Study, Daryl Erick Trent

Students who were exposed to the music-based lessons scored a full 100 percent higher on fractions tests than those who learned in the conventional manner.

Second-grade and third-grade students were taught fractions in an untraditional manner ‹ by teaching them basic music rhythm notation. The group was taught about the relationships between eighth, quarter, half and whole notes. Their peers received traditional fraction instruction.

Source: Neurological Research, March 15, 1999

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

Physician and biologist Lewis Thomas studied the undergraduate majors of medical school applicants. He found that 66 percent of music majors who applied to med school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group. For comparison, (44 percent) of biochemistry majors were admitted. Also, 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.

Sources: "The Comparative Academic Abilities of Students in Education and in Other Areas of a Multi-focus University," Peter H. Wood, ERIC Document No. ED327480 "The Case for Music in the Schools," Phi Delta Kappan, February, 1994

OTHER FINDINGS

Music study can help kids understand advanced music concepts.

A McGill University study found that pattern recognition and mental representation scores improved significantly for students given piano instruction over a three-year period. They also found that self-esteem and musical skills measures improved for the students given piano instruction.

Data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 showed that music participants received more academic honors and awards than non-music students, and that the percentage of music participants receiving As, As/Bs, and Bs was higher than the percentage of non-participants receiving those grades.

Research shows that piano students are better equipped to comprehend mathematical and scientific concepts.

Young children with developed rhythm skills perform better academically in early school years.

High school music students score higher on SATs in both verbal and math than their peers.

College-age musicians are emotionally healthier than their non-musician counterparts.

A ten-year study, tracking more than 25,000 students, shows that music-making improves test scores.

The world's top academic countries place a high value on music education.

Music training helps under-achievers.

Music education can be a positive force on all aspects of a child's life, particularly on their academic success.

The nation's top business executives agree that arts education programs can help repair weaknesses in American education and better prepare workers for the 21st century.