Mt. Baker Bands - Mr. Paustian
From
USA TODAY, January 19, 1987: "Musical training can be a big help in
getting to the top of business and politics, according to most
congressmen and Chief Executive Officers of Fortune 500 companies.
Ninety percent of more than 1,000 CEO's and congressmen interviewed
by the McDonalds's fast food chain said playing a musical
instrument as a child helped them develop "character and leadership
skills."
The
American Music Conference reports that music-makers are more likely
to go on to college and other higher education than non-music music
makers...52% more likely.
A comprehensive series of skill tests were run on 5,154 fifth
graders in all 75 of the Albuquerque, NM elementary schools. In
EVERY SINGLE TEST AREA, kids who were learning to play a musical
instrument received higher marks than their classmates. And, the
longer the school children had been in the instrumental programs,
the higher they scored.
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