Marist High School - Chicago, Illinois

Music majors are the most likely group of college grads to be admitted to medical school.
Lewis Thomas, Case for Music in the Schools, Phi Delta Kappa, 1994

Middle school and high school students who participated in instrumental music performances scored significantly higher than their non-band peers in standardized tests.
University of Sarasota Study, Jeffrey Lynn Kluball; East Texas State University Study, Daryl Erick Trent

Students who participate in school band or orchestra have the lowest levels of current and lifelong use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs among any group in our society.
H. Con. Res. 266, United States Senate, June 13, 2000

High school music students have been shown to hold higher grade point averages (GPA) than non-musicians in the same school.
National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988

78% of Americans feel learning a musical instrument helps students perform better in other subjects.
Gallup Poll, American Attitudes Toward Music, 2003

Nine out of ten adults and teenagers who play instruments agree that music making brings the family closer together.
Music Making and Our Schools, American Music Conference, 2000

With music in schools, students connect to each other better have greater camaraderie, fewer fights, less racism and reduced use of hurtful sarcasm.
Eric Jensen, Arts With the Brain in Mind, 2001

71% of Americans surveyed by the Gallup Poll believe that teenagers who play an instrument are less likely to have disciplinary problems.
Gallup Poll, American Attitudes Toward Music, 2003