We have been helping individuals enjoy and appreciate music for the last twenty-two years. During this time we have become a very unique school - one that offers a full range of services to meet the musical needs of children. Our dedication, commitment to excellence, solid programs and proven support structures have positioned us to be able to expand our mission to bring music to as many individuals as possible by helping others become music school owners.
Exposing young people to music education offers the additional benefit of increasing their appreciation for the creative process. Over the past several years, we have witnessed a material erosion in the respect accorded to the creative process by society at large. We believe gaps in music education have contributed to this and that plugging those gaps and restoring music education to its former pride of place will also play a role in restoring respect for creators and their creations.
Due to the contribution that music education makes to a highly skilled, innovative workforce, and the creation of vibrant scenes that attract creative employees and employers alike, this report recommends that private music education initiatives be matched by an increased public commitment.
Through research, it has been deduced that the link between music and economic success also demonstrates that music education is an important contributing factor to national and individual economic success. As the Canadian Music Education Research Cooperative has noted, “[e]very person in society participates in music-making or consumerism of music to a significant degree, and music education holds a pivotal position in ensuring the future creation of new artists, genres, and informed responders.
While healthy music programs are essential to the continuation of a dynamic and vital society, music education serves to educate and support creators of, performers and responders to music. In addition its importance of societal health and well-being, the arts industry represents a significant component of the Canadian economy and the role that music education plays in maintaining the arts is vital.
Music education’s benefits have long been a subject of interest among neuroscientists and psychologists, and music has been credited with a variety of positive effects on children’s brains. Many studies have been conducted on the benefits of learning to play a musical instrument and the effects of music on critical thinking, spatial reasoning and cognitive development.
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