Elementary String education is the foundation for all string education
Among several other supporting studies, a 5 year study funded by the National Science Foundation show significant differences in children’s brain structures who receive formal music instruction (learning to play an instrument) compared to children who only participated in general music class.
Some of the direct benefits for students who participate in the strings program are: improved verbal memory, spatio-temporal reasoning, math reasoning, IQ scores, phonological processing, finger dexterity, and measurable difference in brain structure development.
Success in society and life: students participating in strings classes must learn to exercise self discipline (daily practicing) and learn that their contribution directly affects the group as a whole (everyone must learn to start and stop playing together and syncronize their efforts).
