Spring Lake Elementary Welcomes Band and Orchestra--Answer to Wednesday's Challenge

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Congratulations to An'Jalee Burningham for this week’s Wednesday Challenge sponsored by Wiggy Wash.

Payson Junior High School’s band and orchestra students along with their teachers, Mrs. Ericksen and Mrs. Petrucka performed at Spring Lake Elementary. This performance was to introduce the sixth-grade students to what is offered at the junior high school.

The theme was “Daring Dueling Duo Battling for Your Boogle Beat.” The musical performance showcased solos and the following types of instruments: woodwinds, brass, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and bass.

The following information was provided:

Did you know. . .
Teens who play an instrument are less likely to have discipline problems.

A ten-year study indicates that students who study music achieve higher test scores, regardless of the socioeconomic background.

Students who can perform complex rhythms can also make faster and more precise corrections in many academic and physical situations, according to the Center for Timing, Coordination, and Motor Skills.
                               
Students taking courses in music performance and music appreciation scored higher in the SAT than students with no arts participation. Music performance students scored 53 points higher on the verbal and 39 points higher on the math. Music appreciation students scored 61 points higher on the verbal and 42 points higher on the math. (Source: College-Bound Seniors National Report, 1999)

Researchers in Leipzig discovered through the use of brain scans that musicians had larger planum temporale, the region of the brain associated with reading skills. Also, musicians had a thicker corpus callosum, the nerve fibers that connect the two halves of the brain. (Source: G. Schlaug, L. Jancke, Y. Huang, and H. Steinmetz, 1994)

Music is beating computers at enhancing early childhood development. Music training is far superior to computer instruction in dramatically enhancing children’s abstract reasoning skills necessary for learning math and science. Learning music at an early age causes long-term enhancement of spatial-temporal reasoning. (Source: Frances Rauscher, Ph.D., Gordon Shaw, Ph.D., University of CA, 1997)

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