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Music Education
BJ Zamites

WILLIAM J ZAMITES III Wednesday, May 25, 2011 12:07:38 AM ET

What are we talkin’ about here?
We’re observing
the relationship
between music
[education] and
academic success.

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Music education in high school is necessary because it’s
correlated to higher academic performance

Be Careful!
• This is not about
the correlation
between academic
success and
success in life

• This presentation
can’t say whether
or not music
education is
necessary for life


A Quick Word About Myself...
the music student


What is the correlation
between academics
and music?

Why is this
correlation so
prevalent?

What does it all
mean? and what
can be
done?


Some other research...

Students who participate in school band or orchestra have the
lowest levels of current and lifelong use of alcohol, tobacco and
illicit drugs among any group in our society.
- H. Con. Res. 266, United States Senate, June 13, 2000



With music in schools, students connect to each other better-
greater camaraderie, fewer fights, less racism and reduced use
of hurtful sarcasm.
- Eric Jensen, Arts With the Brain in Mind, 2001



With music instruction in schools, teachers found that students
were less aggressive.
- Konrad, R.R., Empathy, Arts and Social Studies, 2000



Students of lower socioeconomic status gain as much or more
from arts instruction [...].
- James Catterall et al., 1999


Let’s start with something simple
Remember that blue represents music students.

• 7% of the high
school is involved
the music program

• It’s certainly
something you’d
expect from a
popular club
2010


Something more startling

• 75% of “Academic
Scholars” were
involved with
music

• That’s 21 of 28
2010


Our Valedictorians

• The most
successful
students are
generally music
students.

• 8 of the last 10
Valedictorians at
Upper Merion
2001-2010 were music
students.


How?


The Mozart Effect?

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Not Exactly...

Increased IQ?


Scientiﬁc Correspondence
Article

This enhancement is [...] not statistically signiﬁcant and is
smaller than the average variation of a single person’s IQ-
test performance


Charles J Limb, M.D.

• Associate Professor-
Otolaryngology-Head &
Neck Surgery

• Faculty, Peabody
Conservatory of Music


Video


“Your Brain on Improv”

• The Medial
Prefrontal Cortex


What’s the Prefrontal Cortex?


What are we getting at?

• Stimulated
Prefrontal Cortex

• GOOD
WORKERS


A word from...


Basically...

“[...] they have found that music lessons
can produce profound and lasting
changes that enhance the general ability
to learn.”


How?

“[...] instrument training from an early age can help the
brain to process sounds better, making it easier to stay
focused when absorbing other subjects, from literature
to tensor calculus.”


How?

“Discerning subtleties in pitch and timing can
also help children or adults in learning a new
language.”


How?

“[music students] can attend to several things at
once in the mental scratch pad called working
memory, an essential skill in this era of
multitasking.”


Music Education is in
Trouble
Th
er
e's
No
Fu
nd
ing

My application video
is on the next slide.


How has music affected you?


Works Cited
Barnhart, Rachel. "RCSD Budget Deeply Cuts Art, Music, Foreign Language." 13WHAM. 11 Apr. 2011. Web. 24 May 2011.This is one of the websites I used as an example of a budget cut that rid a

school of music education.

Berman, Elaine. Academic Statistics of Music Students vs. Student Population. Raw data. Upper Merion Area High School Guidance Department, King of Prussia, PA. This is a compilation of statistics

collected and maintained by our own guidance department. The data can be presented in a way that allows for conclusions to be made about the implications of music education. This information

will have a stronger effect in the presentation because it connects to the audience on a personal level (they are part of the data). This is expected to be the most striking element of the sideshow.

Blades, James. Percussion Instruments and Their History. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1971. Print. James Blades was an internationally recognized British percussionist. He's regarded as one of the

most distinguished in western music. The book is a standard reference book in the percussion world and continues to be a valuable contribution to music since its production in 1971. It not only

explains common techniques of several percussion instruments, but provides an explanation on why the techniques work with the instrument that include information about the history and

production of piece each of equipment.

"Budget Cuts Eliminate School's Beloved Music Program." TheIndyChannel.com. 20 Feb. 2010. Web. 24 May 2011.This is one of the websites I used as an example of a budget cut that rid a school of

music education.

Chabris, Christopher F. "Prelude or Requiem for the ‘Mozart Effect’?" Nature 26 Aug. 1999: 826-28. Web.Varying professors of psychology at some of the nations top universities including Harvard

conclude that the Mozart Effect doesn't exist. Each department contributed a section to the article and it was published in Nature Magazine, regarded as one of the country's top scientific

publications.

Chai, Jing. "Further Budget Cuts on Music." Ann Arbor.com. 25 Nov. 2009. Web. 24 May 2011.This is one of the websites I used as an example of a budget cut that rid a school of music education.


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Conrad, David. "American Music Education: A Struggle for Time and Curriculum." Phi Kappa Phi Forum 86.4 (2006): 31. MAS Ultra - School Edition. EBSCO. Web. 19 Mar. 2011.; The article discusses

the struggles of U.S. music education related to time and curriculum. Reports revealed that when the No Child Left Behind was established in 2001, the schools lessened the time available for

music and arts education. The conflict on whether music education should be performance-based or understanding-based is also elaborated. Efforts in bridging the gap between musical

understanding and musical performance like comprehensive musicianship training programs are discussed in detail.

Gielniak, Michael. "Advocacy: Using Quotes and Research to Advocate for Your Programs." Banddirector.com - The #1 Online Resource for Band Directors! Web. 22 May 2011. <http://

www.banddirector.com/article/rl-music-advocacy/advocacy?resourcelibrary=39>.The site contains many quotes from substantial people either in government, the music industry, or education. The

quotes are positives about band students and are easily integrated into the project. It's meant to help band directors try to prove the worth of their program, and that's exactly what I'm doing.

"Hearing the Music, Honing the Mind." Scientific American 303.5 (2010): 16. MAS Ultra - School Edition. EBSCO. Web. 19 Mar. 2011. In this article the authors discusses the importance of music in

learning and why music education needs to be preserved. They note several neuroscience studies that have shown that the study and practice of music has benefits, including enhancing an

individual's general ability to learn, and discuss the trend in schools regarding a decline in music education.

Limb, Charles. "Charles Limb: Your Brain on Improv." TED: Ideas worth Spreading. Jan. 2011. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. <http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_limb_your_brain_on_improv.html>. Charles Limb

is an associate professor that specializes in otolaryngology (head and neck surgery) at Johns Hopkins University. He also serves in the Peabody Conservatory of Music there researching the

relationship between music and the brain. Dr. Limb presents his research at this Mid-Atlantic TED convention. He finds that different parts of the brain are used when playing memorized music

and when improvising.


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Moran, Chris. "Low Note Sounds for Music Education." The San Diego Union-Tribune 19 Nov. 2003. SignOnSanDiego.com. 19 Nov. 2003. Web. 24 May 2011.This is one of the websites I used as an

example of a budget cut that rid a school of music education.

"Music Leaders Fear School Budget Cuts." Napa Valley Register. 24 Mar. 2011. Web. 24 May 2011.This is one of the websites I used as an example of a budget cut that rid a school of music education.

Richardson, Hannah. "School Music Services Face Budget Cuts of up to 10%." BBC News Education & Family. 7 Feb. 2011. Web. 24 May 2011.This is one of the websites I used as an example of a

budget cut that rid a school of music education.

Twomey, Steve. "Phineas Gage: Neuroscience's Most Famous Patient." Smithsonian Magazine. Jan. 2010. Web. 24 May 2011.This article includes everything needed to know about the story of Phineas

Gage and his life. The discovery of his photo, skull, and otherwise are documented and presented in this Smithsonian Article.

Van Harken, Joseph. "Budgets Cut Student Experience." CNN Politics. 20 Aug. 2003. Web. 24 May 2011.This is one of the websites I used as an example of a budget cut that rid a school of music

education.

Washam, Donald. "On Music Education by Means of Wind and Percussion." Personal interview. 03 Mar. 2011. This interview was conducted Donald Washam. He is the department head and band director

for Upper Merion High School and has been in the district for over ten years and offers his unique perspective of his personal musical experience as well as his observations about the relationship

between academic success and music education.

Wessels, Mark. A Fresh Approach to Mallet Percussion. MW Productions. Print. A Fresh Approach. Mark Wessels is a renowned percussionist and private educator in the United States. His beginners

series "A Fresh Approach" is endorsed by Vic Firth and available to music educators and their students alike. The book is designed to develop the necessary foundation for a successful mallet

percussion career. It's intended to provide the student with "a logical approach for learning to read music" while developing keyboard technique and basic understand of music theory.


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What Can you Do?

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Donate to the Upper Merion Music Boosters


Conclusion

Music is not just an “extra.”
-The Editors of Scientiﬁc American


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