" Piano - A Sound Investment For Your Family "
University Of California, Irvine researchers found that after six months of piano lessons, preschoolers performed 34 percent higher on spatial-temporal testing than those who received no training and those who received computer training. --Neurological Research, February 28, 1997
" Young Piano Players Learn Better "
Second grade students who were given four months of piano keyboard training, as well as time using math puzzle software, scored 27 percent higher on proportional math and fractions tests than children who received no special instruction. They were also able to solve proportional math problems at a sixth-grade level. -Keeping Mozart in Mind, Academic Press
"Piano Raises Conceptual Scores"
College-bound seniors who'd had school music experience scored 52 points higher on the verbal portion on their SATs and 37 points higher in math (89 points combined) than those with out arts instruction. -Profiles of SAT and Achievement Test Takers, The College Board, 1998
95 percent of Americans believe music is part of a well-rounded education.-Gallup Survey of American Attitudes Towards Music, Its Making & Education.