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Do you know the benefits of playing a musical instrument?
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Showing Grit
College Admissions
Colleges look for applicants who can stick with something and excel at it over many years… like playing an instrument.
College admission officers cite participation in music as an important factor in making admissions decisions because music participation demonstrates time management, creativity, expression, and open-mindedness. Carl Hartman “Arts May Improve Students’ Grades” the Associated Press.
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SAT Scores
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Scholarships
High school music students score higher on both their verbal and Math SATs than their peers. Profile of SAT and Achievement test takers. The College Board. Compiled by Music Educators National Conference. 2001.
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Brain Health
Many colleges offer scholarships for musicians who play in their ensembles, even if they don't major in music.
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Self-Confidence
Music training builds self-confidence, by teaching you how to take risks and cope with personal self-doubt.
Playing an instrument literally makes your brain smarter and faster (youtube link). It engages and lights up your WHOLE brain, giving it a “full body workout”.
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Reading Abilities
Reading music increases your ability to read, understand, and analyze other written languages by exercising the same parts of your brain.
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Future Career Paths
Musicians are smart! A 1994 study showed that music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be accepted into medical school.
“The Comparative Academic Abilities of Students in Education and in Other Areas of a Multi-Focused University,” Peter H Wood, ERIC Document No. ED327480 “The Case for Music in the Schools,” Phi Delta Kappan, February, 1994.