Numerous university studies and other research have documented how music instruction has a beneficial effect on academic performance and student self-esteem:

Music participation correlates with higher reading skills,launguage skills,math skills and other measures of scholastic achievement and creativity.

Music study can actually help below average learners improve reading and language skills and scores.

Student involvement in music instruction is associated with higher than average SAT and ACT scores.

Students participating in music programs show higher self-esteem scores than non-participants,regardless of socioeconomic levels.

Music is one of the only few Left-Right brain exercises a student encounters in traditional education.

Best of all, taking time to participate in music instruction is not detrimental to academic performance. Multiple studies show no compromise in academic performance for students excused from class to study instrumental music once a week.