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Silver Music Studios
Benefits of music on the young and young-at-heart
Every student in the nation should have an education in the arts. *
This basic statement is unlikely to be challenged by anyone involved in education. In the sometimes harsh reality of limited time and funding for instruction, however, the inclusion of the arts in every student’s education can sometimes be relegated to a distant wish rather than an exciting reality.
It doesn’t have to be that way! All that’s needed is a clear message sent to all those who must make the hard choices involved in running a school or after-school program. The basic message is that music programs can help both us and our communities in real and substantial ways. You can use the following facts about the benefits of music education, based on a growing body of convincing research, to move decision-makers to make the right choices.
The benefits conveyed by music education can be grouped in four categories:
- Success in society
- Success in school
- Success in developing intelligence
- Success in life
Benefit One: Success in Society
Perhaps the basic reason that every child and adult must have an education in music is that music is a part of the fabric of our society. The intrinsic value of music for each individual is widely recognized in the many cultures that make up American life — indeed, every human culture uses music to carry forward its ideas and ideals. The importance of music to our economy is without doubt. And the value of music in shaping individual abilities and character are attested in a number of ways...
Benefit Two: Success in School
Success in society, of course, is predicated on success in school. Any music teacher or parent of a music student can call to mind anecdotes about effectiveness of music study in helping
children become better students. Skills learned through the discipline of music, these stories commonly point out, transfer to study skills, communication skills, and cognitive skills useful in every part of the curriculum. Another common variety of story emphasizes the way that the discipline of music study — particularly through participation in ensembles — helps students learn to work effectively in and out of the school environment.
Benefit three: Success in Developing Intelligence
Success in school and in society depends on an array of abilities. Without joining the intense ongoing debate about the nature of intelligence as a basic ability, we can demonstrate that some measures of an individual's intelligence are indeed increased with music instruction. Once again, this burgeoning range of data supports a long-established base of anecdotal knowledge to the effect that music education makes people smarter. What is new and especially compelling, however, is a combination of tightly-controlled behavioral studies and groundbreaking neurological research that show how music study can actively contribute to brain development....
Benefit four: Success in Life
Each of us wants to achieve success in school, success in employment, and success in the social structures through which we move. But we also want to experience “success” on a broader scale. Participation in music brings countless benefits to each individual throughout life. The benefits may be psychological, spiritual, and physical.
To read more on this subject, please visit: http://www.menc.org/information/advocate/facts.
*This is the opening statement of “The Value and Quality of Arts Education: A Statement of Principles,” a document from the nation’s ten most important educational organizations, including the American Association of School Administrators, the National Education Association, the National Parent Teacher Association, and the National School Boards Association.
Recital 2007
March 18th, 2007 marks Silver Music Studios' 4th Annual Student and Teacher recital. Thank you all, as always, for your support of our students and the school. We look forward to another rousing success. Keep the benefits of music alive. A DVD will be made for sale of this year's recital at either Drexel Hill or Broomall, within 2 weeks of the event. They will go for $10 per.
Top 10 Movies,
hand-picked by our staff
Scot’s top 10
1) Jacob's Ladder
2) Godfather II
3) The Warriors
4) Big
5) Presumed innocent
6) Lord of the rings
7) A few good men
8) Better off dead
9) Dead Zone
10) Big trouble in little china
Nick’s top 10
1) The Exorcist
2) Saw 1
3) The ring
4) The Usial Suspects
5) Spinal tap
6) Hollywood shuffle
7) Monty Python' Holy Grail
8) Fast times at Ridgemont High
9) Austin Powers
10) Song remains the same (Led Zeppelin)
Christine’s top 10
1) Office Space
2) Shawshank Redemption
3) Born on the 4th of July
4) Amadeus
5) Mean Girls
6) Legally Blonde
7) Anchorman
8) Forrest Gump
9) Top Gun
10) The Shining
Kat’s top 10
1) Forrest Gump
2) Pretty Woman
3) Thelma and Louise
4) Primal Fear
5) One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest
6) Shawshank Redemption
7) Invincible
8) Life is Beautiful
9) The Graduate
10) Trading Places
Rob’s top 10
1) Shawshank Redemption
2) Davinci Code
3) The Departed
4) One Flew Over the Cookoo's Nest
5) Braveheart
6) Camelot
7) Groundhog Day
8) Caddyshack
9) Godfather I and II
10) Goodfellas
Matt’s top 10
1) The Empire Strikes Back
2) The Lord of the Rings
3) The Big Lebowski
4) The Godfather
5) 1776
6) Immortal Beloved
7) Old Yeller
8) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
9) Caddyshack
10) The Red Violin
Joke Corner
Q: What do you call a guitar player that only knows two chords?
A: A music critic.
Q: What did the drummer get on his I.Q. Test?
A: Saliva.
Q: Why are a pianist's fingers like lightning?
A: Because they rarely strike the same place twice.
Q: What is the difference between a world war and a high school choral performance?
A: The performance causes more suffering.
Q: How do you get a bass player off your doorstep?
A: Pay for the pizza.
Silver Music Studios
PO Box 542
Newtown Square, PA 19073
Broomall: 610-359-8535
Drexel Hill: 610-259-8392
Latest News from Silver Music Studios
New look and feel:
Well, it's official. Drexel Hill has more walls...and 2 more doors. Yes, no more half rooms. We have had two more secure rooms built at the Drexel Hill location. More privacy and soundproofing from other lessons going on simultaneously.Pianos:
Well, now we are more legit. A full size, spinet upright piano had been added to each location. Students may now enjoy the benefits of the real mccoy. Keep the ivories alive.Scot Silver listed in Jazz Improv Magazine:
Jazz Improv Magazine has posted their third annual "Jazz Guitar Directory", a compilation of three hundred influential and emerging jazz guitarists, both living and deceased. This year's list includes Scot Silver, founder of Silver Music Studios.
