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  • Schools with music programs have significantly higher graduation and attendance rates.
    Harris Interactive poll of high school principals, 2006
     
  • Students in top-quality school music programs scored 22% better in English and 20% better in math on standardized tests regardless of the socioeconomic level of the school or district.
    Johnson and Memmott, Journal of Research in Music Education, 2006
     
  • SAT takers with coursework/experience in music performance scored 62 points higher on the
    SAT verbal portion and 41 points higher on the math portion than students with no coursework or experience in music. The College Board, Profile of College-Bound Seniors National Report for 2006
     
  • Secondary students who participated in band or orchestra reported the lowest lifetime and
    current use of all substances (alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs). Texas Commission on Drugs and Alcohol Abuse Report, Reported in Houston Chronicle, January 1998
     
  • Musically trained children performed better in a memory test correlated with general
    intelligence skills such as literacy, verbal memory, visiospatial processing, mathematics, and IQ. Dr. Laurel Trainor, Prof. of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior at McMaster University, 2006.
     
  • The One Hundred Tenth Congress of the United States of America declared music education an important component of a well-rounded academic curriculum and should be available to every student in every school.
View the Congressional Resolution

"Whenever I hear people asking how we fix the education system, I
tell them we need to do the opposite of what is happening, cutting
budgets by cutting music programs….Nothing could be more stupid
than removing the ability for the left and right brains to function.
Ask a CEO what they are looking for in an employee and they say
they need people who understand teamwork, people who are
disciplined, and people who understand the big picture. You know
what they need? They need musicians.”

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, 2007

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wrote this letter in support of the arts

A Harris Poll shows that music education can provide skills that can help lead to higher education and incomes.

Member Organizations:

Indiana - American String Teachers Assn.
Indiana Bandmasters Assn.
Indiana Choral Directors Assn.
Indiana High School Color Guard Assn.
Indiana Music Educators Assn.
Indiana Orff Schulwerk Assn.
Indiana Percussion Assn.
Indiana State School Music Assn.
 


Alliance Mission Statement:

To provide a structure for Indiana non-profit music organizations to work together for the advancement of school music education while enhancing each individual mission.  Membership will be open to organizations that have as a major part of their mission the providing of programs, services, and learning experiences specifically for Indiana music students, and current and future Indiana music teachers.
 


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