by Mark Goff | Oct 6, 2015 | Music Truths
“In the push for quality math, science, technical, humanities, and other programs, please be sure that the arts are not ignored or pushed to one side. Provide your political support for the total curriculum. The arts enrich all of us.” ~ Dr. Richard...
by Mark Goff | Oct 5, 2015 | Music Truths
Playing music “significantly” lowered the heart rates and calmed and regulated the blood pressures and respiration rates of patients who had undergone surgery. ~ Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, Neb., and St. Mary’s Hospital in Mequon,...
by Mark Goff | Oct 2, 2015 | Music Truths
“The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college. As First Lady Michelle Obama sums up, both she and the President believe ‘strongly that arts education is essential for...
by Mark Goff | Oct 1, 2015 | Music Truths
Making music can help reduce job burnout and improve your mood, according to a study exposing 112 long-term care workers to six recreational music-making sessions of group drumming and keyboard accompaniment. ~ As published in “Advances in Mind-Body...
by Mark Goff | Sep 29, 2015 | Music Truths
“Music education opens doors that help children pass from school into the world around them – a world of work, culture, intellectual activity, and human involvement. The future of our nation depends on providing our children with a complete education that includes...
by Mark Goff | Sep 28, 2015 | Music Truths
Three in five Americans (61%) said it [music education] provided a disciplined problem solving approach and 59% said it prepared people to manage tasks more successfully. ~ The Harris Poll®, July 2014
