One study involved 90 boys from ages 6 to 15.  half of them were in the school orchestra and the other half had no musical training.  The music students retained more words in a verbal memory test than the non-music students.  While participating in a musical group, a young person learns to work with his fellow musicians, to accept making mistakes and moving on, to develop sympath for another person having trouble learning the music and have a wider appreciation of cultures from around the world.
To quote music professor Martha Nusbaum, ''a musical education cultivates human beings rather than producing useful machines''.  Music can increase self-esteem, develop creative thinking, problem solving and communication skills.
Conductor: Roland Hanneman a/k/a John St.John

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