MUSIC ADVOCACY
In keeping with our department vision that music is a basic component in the complete intellectual development of students of all ages, this page is set up to give easy access to a variety of music advocacy articles and studies.

"Music Education Could Help Close The Achievement Gap Between Poor And Affluent Students" from Northwestern University, via Huffington Post 09/02/2014

"Drumroll, Please: How Band Camp Pays Off Later in Life" from a Northwestern University study via time.com 11.06.2013

Below is a very cool cymatic music video. More like this, along with behind the scenes footage can be found on Nigel's site:  http://nigelstanford.com/Cymatics/

CYMATICS: Science Vs. Music - Nigel Stanford from Nigel Stanford on Vimeo.