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Save the Music Program!

Save the Music Program!. An opportunity that our children cannot afford to miss. Introduction. Why Have Music In School?. Music Programs: nourish our students improve the atmosphere for learning keep students engaged in school

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Save the Music Program!

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  1. Save the Music Program! An opportunity that our children cannot afford to miss.

  2. Introduction

  3. Why Have Music In School? Music Programs: • nourish our students • improve the atmosphere for learning • keep students engaged in school • help communities share ideas and values among cultures and generations • develop skills needed by the 21st century workplace

  4. Providing Opportunities • verbal and non-verbal expression • appreciate diverse perspectives, openness and flexibility in thinking • develop a high level of self-awareness and self-confidence • take risks and solve problems creatively • embrace a variety of unique ways to gain insights about cultural and historical issues • develop a rich and healthy sense of beauty and imagination. • York Region District School Board Arts Education Policy 2001

  5. Coalition Advertisements

  6. VH1: Save the Music

  7. Save the Music Program for... Success in Society Success in School and Learning Success in Developing Intelligence Success in Life

  8. Success in Society Save the Music Program for...

  9. Success in Society • music is a part of the fabric of our society • every human culture uses music • the arts are vital to the creation of a decent world culture • Colleges • arts participation is a valuable experience

  10. Success in Society • provide an alternative for communities looking to build the workforce of tomorrow • for at-risk youth • increased self-esteem • the acquisition of job skills • the development of much needed creative thinking, problem solving and communications skills.

  11. Success in Society • high success and earnings in arts • humans vs. machines • if we do not insist on the crucial importance of the humanities and the arts, they will drop away “For some children music class is one time during the week when they are confident they will shine through. The music program is also a vital part in creating community and fostering cooperation.” • Music educator, from the Coalition for Music Education in Canada, May 2005

  12. Save the Music Program for... Success in School

  13. Success in School • No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 • core subjects list includes music • Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology “When I hear people asking how do we fix the education system, I tell them we need to do the opposite of what is happening, cutting budgets by cutting music programs…. Nothing could be stupider than removing the ability for the left and right brains to function.” • Mike Huckabee

  14. Attendance Improvement Source: Harris Interactive poll of high school principals (2006)

  15. SAT Scores: Years in Music Source: The College Board, Profile of College-Bound Seniors National Report (2005)

  16. SAT: Music Students Achieve Higher Scores Music students score an average of 60 points higher on the Verbal SAT and 42 points higher on the Math SAT because of their enrolment in music. Statistics listed here are for music performance and music appreciation classes. • Source: The College Board, Profile of College-Bound Seniors National Report (2006)

  17. Graduation Rates Increase Source: Harris Interactive poll of high school principals (2006)

  18. Math • spatial/temporal relationship • cognitive skills • addition and subtraction skills • musical notation

  19. Science • experiments on sound waves and vibrations • instrument size and pitch • songs and movement activities with a science focus • boundless opportunities

  20. Social Science • songs as memory aids for: provinces, countries, continents • game songs from other culture, folk dances from around the world

  21. Reading • both (music and reading) rely on the discrimination of sounds from each other • phonetic stage of learning to read is promoted by good pitch discrimination skills

  22. Music is... Science Mathematics Foreign Language History Physical Education Art

  23. Save the Music Program for... Success in Development

  24. What does Music Develop? • hand-eye coordination • memory skills • concentration • problem solving skills • teamwork • self-confidence and self esteem • self-discipline and perseverance • standards of excellence • time management skills

  25. Success in Development music study can actively contribute to brain development (MENC) better verbal memory music improves the way the human brain processes parts of spoken language

  26. Success in Development • music enhances the brainstem’s sensitivity to speech sounds • at least two years of music instruction are required for sustained enhancement of spatial abilities (Rauscher, 2002)

  27. In the Media

  28. Success in Life Save the Music Program for...

  29. Success in Life • we all want children to achieve success in school, success in employment, and success in the social structures through which we move “The arts are not just affective and expressive. They are also deeply cognitive. The advantage of the arts is that they link cognitive growth to social and emotional development. Students care more deeply about what they study, they see the links between subjects and their lives, their thinking capacities grow, they work more diligently, and they learn from each other.” • Nick Rabkin

  30. The Creative Workforce • includes traditional artist categories and individuals employed in advertising, architecture, fashion design, film, video, music, publishing and software development • growing at a rate more than double that for the rest of the nation’s workforces “The life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of the nation, is close to the center of a nation's purpose - and is a test to the quality of a nation's civilization.” • John F. Kennedy

  31. Success in Life “Music has a great power for bringing people together. With so many forces in this world acting to drive wedges between people, it’s important to preserve those things that help us experience our common humanity.” - Ted Turner, Turner Broadcasting System • performance can help develop basic management skills • small ensembles encourage fast thinking, collaboration and compromise

  32. Success in Life • we are constantly re-evaluating and adapting what needs to be learnt "There is a very high correlation between positive self-perception, high cognitive competence scores, healthy self-esteem, total interest and school involvement, and the study of music." • O.F. Lillemyr, Achievement Motivation as a Factor in Self-Perception, Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities.

  33. Summary

  34. Money Matters • other teachers generally have fewer students than band directors • more teachers will be needed to supervise • the ‘economic crisis’ remains • illusion of saving money Reverse Economics

  35. Save the Music Program for... Success in Society Music is a part of the fabric of our society, we are building the workforce of tomorrow. Success in School and Learning Music is and directly affects: science, mathematics, foreign language, history, physical education, and art. Success in Developing Intelligence The smart kids aren’t in music, music is making them smarter! Success in Life develop basic management skills: music encourages fast thinking, collaboration and compromise

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