Chapter Eight
10 Reasons to Enter a Music Competition
- Increase and polish technical skills
- Rise to a challenge
- Develop and display musicianship
- Receive a written evaluation of your selections by a master musician
- Increase discipline
- Have something special for which to practice
- Have fun!
- Develop performance skills and stage presence
- Develop self-esteem and good sportsmanship
- Be recognized for a great performance
10 Reasons to Study Music
- Music study develops the areas of the brain which are responsible for language and reasoning
- Students who study music score higher of the SAT and other standardized tests, and receive higher grades in school over non-music students.
- With music study, students learn the elements of detailed work towards creating an aesthetic result. Students learn to overcome challenges and to break work down into understandable units.
- Discipline: Through music study, students learn the value of sustained effort to reach excellence.
- Music provides an important avenue towards self-expression.
- Performing music builds self-esteem.
- Music study provides a gateway to appreciate, understand, and experience world cultures, traditions, and histories.
- Music study and practice encourages creative thinking and artful problem solving, as well as the ability to see a viewpoint other than your own.
- Making music is fun and rewarding.
- Music amongst family and friends bring precious memories that last a lifetime.
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