Wednesday, November 25, 2009

RESEARCH TO SUPPORT INVOLVEMENT IN MUSIC:

Physician and biologist Lewis Thomas studied the undergraduate majors of medical school applicants. He found that:

--66 percent of music majors who applied to medical school were admitted, the highest percentage of any group.

--44 percent of biochemistry majors were admitted.

As reported in "The Case for Music in the Schools," Phi Delta Kappan, February 1994.

THE HOLIDAYS ARE A GREAT TIME FOR FAMILY RECITALS!!

Friday, November 20, 2009

MUSIC WORDS OF WISDOM



The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is very close to the center of a nation’s purpose and is a test of the quality of a nation’s civilization.
---John F. Kennedy

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Thursday, November 5, 2009

First fifth grade band blog launched!