Music has been around for as long as we known humans have been around. Music Education became a part of the American culture in the early 18th century. During this time most schools only taught singing, piano, and theory. With the creation of the Academy of Music in Boston many of the tune books, textbooks, and study text that we still use today. Some of the famous music educators and authors of theses books would include Samuel Holyoke, Francis Hopkinson, William Billings, and Oliver Holden. As music became more and more popular many of the school started adding in music programs for all levels and by the year 1864 public school around the country had music programs. In the beginning of the 19th century school did not allow women to teach
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“Kids stay engaged in school when an enjoyable subject like music keep kids interested and engaged in school” (Bachelors Degree). When kids have something fun to do at school, then they are more likely to come to school and also do well in school. Must kids that don’t do a musical subject tend to not fully apply themselves since they don’t have many goals besides graduation. A quote from the National Association for Music Education “A sense of achievement flow through kids when learning to play pieces of music on a new instrument can be a challenging, but an achievable goal. Students who master even the smallest goal in music will be able to feel proud of their achievement” (Penny Ray). When kids feel accomplished, they feel more confident. With confident kids are like going to read out loud, doing a really hard math problem, and even talk out loud in history …show more content…
A study by E. Glenn Schellenberg at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, as published in a 2004 issue of Psychological Science, “found a small increase in the IQs of six-year-olds who were given weekly voice and piano lessons” (Pinczuk, Jane). Even though it was a small increase it was still an increase. “Schellenberg provided nine months of piano and voice lessons to a dozen six-year-olds, drama lessons (to see if exposure to the arts in general versus just music had an effect) to a second group of six-year-olds, and no lessons to a third group. The children’s IQs were tested before entering the first grade, then again before entering the second grade. Surprisingly, the children who were given music lessons over the school year tested on average three IQ points higher than the other groups.” (Pinczuk, Jane). Even with just nine months of music lessons shows that an increased of three whole points higher. If music education was implemented at younger ages and engorged throughout students 12-year career that would be around a 36-point increase by the time that they graduate. Today many schools around the nation don’t give kids the opportunities because they either receive little to no fund or the school board cut it out completely. Another article from the Early Childhood Music Department at the Peabody Preparatory of the Johns Hopkins University “There’s some good
“Kids stay engaged in school when an enjoyable subject like music keep kids interested and engaged in school” (Bachelors Degree). When kids have something fun to do at school, then they are more likely to come to school and also do well in school. Must kids that don’t do a musical subject tend to not fully apply themselves since they don’t have many goals besides graduation. A quote from the National Association for Music Education “A sense of achievement flow through kids when learning to play pieces of music on a new instrument can be a challenging, but an achievable goal. Students who master even the smallest goal in music will be able to feel proud of their achievement” (Penny Ray). When kids feel accomplished, they feel more confident. With confident kids are like going to read out loud, doing a really hard math problem, and even talk out loud in history …show more content…
A study by E. Glenn Schellenberg at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, as published in a 2004 issue of Psychological Science, “found a small increase in the IQs of six-year-olds who were given weekly voice and piano lessons” (Pinczuk, Jane). Even though it was a small increase it was still an increase. “Schellenberg provided nine months of piano and voice lessons to a dozen six-year-olds, drama lessons (to see if exposure to the arts in general versus just music had an effect) to a second group of six-year-olds, and no lessons to a third group. The children’s IQs were tested before entering the first grade, then again before entering the second grade. Surprisingly, the children who were given music lessons over the school year tested on average three IQ points higher than the other groups.” (Pinczuk, Jane). Even with just nine months of music lessons shows that an increased of three whole points higher. If music education was implemented at younger ages and engorged throughout students 12-year career that would be around a 36-point increase by the time that they graduate. Today many schools around the nation don’t give kids the opportunities because they either receive little to no fund or the school board cut it out completely. Another article from the Early Childhood Music Department at the Peabody Preparatory of the Johns Hopkins University “There’s some good