Do School Music Enhance Students Creativity?

School music programs are also very important to enhancing students’ creativity. Through creating music, students can develop creative problem-solving skills. Katrin Robertson, a reporter for PBS parents, states that “Engagement in the arts offers a wonderful starting point for parents who want to develop and exercise their children’s creative problem-solving skills” (Robertson). She then utilizes the words of Professor Elliot Eisner at Stanford University who says, “The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than one answer. The arts celebrate multiple perspectives. One of the large lessons kids can learn from practicing the arts is that there are many ways to see and interpret the world” (Eisner). Instead of having students focus solely on academics, schools can allow children to view the world in many different ways, as well as open many opportunities for the future by giving them the choice of joining a music program. As well as this, if students do decide to become involved in music, there are many more specific ways for them to further enhance their creativity. One such way, is through the art of improvisation. As psychologist Steven Handel explains, …show more content…
Being involved in learning music can improve students’ performance in non-musical subjects, enhance their communication skills, and develop student’s creative abilities. So, if you have a real love for music and your school doesn’t have a music program, I encourage you to express to them the true importance of music, and how beneficial it can be to the students that partake in creating it. Throughout the years, music has become a very important aspect of my life, and I can’t imagine going to a school without the same opportunities I have been given. The gift of music is extremely precious, and as Marilyn Manson once said, “Music, is the strongest form of