Music contributes to the school and community envi ronment. Music helps prepare students for a career. A day is made more interesting and lively when music is incorporated. This is a factor that leads to more quality learning. Music has the ablility to combine behaviors that promote a higher order of thinking skills.
Music provides children with the opportunity for self expression.
Music can provide children with rewarding experiences and add to their personal sense of self- worth. Music education calls for discipline, commitment and team work. Music education allows for the opportunity to refine perceptual motor development. For students having difficulties in other scholastic areas, music can provide success for these students. Music fosters the development of intelligence in other areas.