Music Education

 

According to leading research by child psychologists, motivation and excitement are two of the most important factors the learning outcomes of children. Simply said, if children are excited and highly motivated about a subject or an instrument, they will learn much faster and remember more than if they did not have that kind of enthusiasm.

Our camp is structured in such a way where our campers are extremely motivated and excited to learn music. We foster an environment like this by making every day a high-energy, high excitement experience. Campers get to choose the instrument of their choice and the songs that they will learn. With this structure, we have found that our campers learn their instrument very quickly and are usually playing a song by the second week of camp.

Top 7 Benefits of Music Education

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” Plato

  1. Early musical training helps develop brain areas involved in language and reasoning. It is thought that brain development continues for many years after birth.
  2. Students of the arts learn to think creatively and to solve problems by imagining various solutions, rejecting outdated rules and assumptions. Questions about the arts do not have only one right answer.
  3. Recent studies show that students who study the arts are more successful on standardized tests such as the SAT. They also achieve higher grades in high school.
  4. Music provides children with a means of self-expression. Self-esteem is a by-product of this self-expression.
  5. Music performance teaches young people to conquer fear and to take risks. A little anxiety is a good thing, and something that will occur often in life. Dealing with it early and often makes it less of a problem later. Risk-taking is essential if a child is to fully develop his or her potential.
  6. One in three of today’s school-aged children will hold an arts-related job at some time in his or her career. - Education Commission on the States
  7. Over nine in ten adults (93%) surveyed agree that music is part of a well-rounded education. - Americans’ Attitudes Toward Music, The Gallup Organization, 1997.