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| Why Music Education? |  |
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Why Music Education?
Music is for the Mind!
Music should be a part of every child’s developmental program. Research has proven that music education enhances a child’s intelligence!
Music education provides:
* enhanced listening skills
* language development
* sharpened focus and attention
* rhythm, harmony, tempo
* anticipation
* nonverbal ways of communicating
* a new means of self-expression
* stimulated sense of alertness
* an outlet for channeling energy
* social skill development
* communication skills
* auditory memory development
* discrimination development
* increased comfort through organized, purposeful and controlled behaviors
(John Ortiz PhD, Nurturing your child with Music, 1999)
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