When it comes to
our school age children,
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we are looking for
ways to help them achieve
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academic success, social
ease, and self-confidence.
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Well, look no
further than music.
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There's no doubt of correlation
between music and success.
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Active musicians in Elementary
and High School statistically
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tend to be the most highly
motivated, well-adjusted and
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socially
appreciated individuals.
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There are even studies that
look to determine which type
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of music, involvement
will most benefit your child.
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Should they play a band
instrument, join the choir,
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the orchestra? I would
suggest that you get your child
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into piano lessons at
some point in their life
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better to do this
earlier than later.
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Somehow the kids who
took piano early in life,
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tended to be the musicians
who were in more music groups,
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sports groups, had
higher academic achievements
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and higher ACT, SAT scores
than the musician who only
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played a band or an orchestra
instrument or the ones that
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sang. Most of the students
tested and stopped playing the
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piano by high school age, but
that musical background was the
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common thread in
the cream of the crop.
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