72% o f busin ess leaders say that creativity is the n um ber-o n e skill they are seekin g when hirin g .Navig ato r: Facts & Fig ures – Am erican s fo r the Arts an d Van s Custo m Culture72%

Kinderg arten – third-g rade children have 22% hig her m ath sco res if in vo lved in a m usic pro g ram .Un iversity o f British Co lum bia22%

Musician s with at least 10 years o f in strum ental m usical train in g rem ain ed co g n itively sharp in advan ced ag e.Fro ntiers in Hum an Neuro scien ce, July 2012

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Am erica is a co untry full o f m usic m akers. 113 m illio n , o r 53% o f Am erican s o ver the ag e o f 12, are current o r fo rm er m usic m akers.1997 “Am erican Attitudes To wards Music” p o ll co n ducted by the G allup Org an izatio n

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Children in vo lved in m usic sco re 7.2 p o ints hig her o n I.Q . tests.Am erican Psycho lo g ical Asso ciatio n , 20067.2pts

66% o f m usic m ajo rs who ap plied to m edical scho o l were adm itted, the hig hest p ercentag e o f any g ro up.“The Case fo r Music in the Scho o ls,” Phi Delta Kap pan , February 1994

66%A Un iversity o f Califo rn ia study showed that after eig ht m o nths o f keybo ard lesso n s, prescho o lers showed a 46% bo o st in their spatial reaso n in g IQ .“Music an d Spatial Task Perfo rm an ce: A Causal Relatio n ship,” Un iversity o f Califo rn ia, Irvin e, 1994

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