Music instruction is a gift that keeps on giving! Studies show that music instruction has a positive affect on the mind and emotions of both children and adults. For example:
Children enrolled in music lessons show statistically higher intelligence quotients.
(“Music Lessons Enhance IQ,” Psychological Science, Vol. 15, No. 8, 2004)
Young children enrolled in a year of musical training showed brain changes and superior memory to children without music instruction.
(Brain, A Journal of Neurology, Oxford University Press, Sept. 2006)