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MusicAlliance is
a non-profit 501c3 music education & performing arts
organization founded
in 2004 and based in Mentor, Ohio which provides school band programs
for 31 schools
throughout the Cleveland, Ohio metropolitan area
with a staff of 12 teachers and also operates several honor band
programs
which include both non-public and public school students.
We believe
that studying a musical instrument has many far reaching benefits which
play an essential role
in the creative, social, emotional, and cognitive development of
children. Participation
in band helps to cultivate a greater love,
appreciation, and understanding of music - one of humanity's oldest art
forms and means of expression. Learning to make
music in a
school band program fosters
a sense of
belonging and accomplishment while also promoting self-esteem,
self-confidence, self-expression, self-discipline,
teamwork, and organizational skills. Scientific
research
into the effects of studying music continue to produce new data about
music's relationship to brainpower and academic
success. University research studies have shown that students
who participate in
instrumental music score significantly higher than their non-band peers
in standardized tests (such as the S.A.T.). Furthermore,
significant
correlations have been found between the number of years of
instrumental music
instruction and academic achievement in math, science, and language
arts.1
When you
consider the
positive force that music education can be
in the lives of both children and adults, we think you will agree that Music
is Instrumental to a Sound Education!
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