“After six months, children who received piano/keyboard training performed 34% higher on tests measuring spatial-temporal ability than groups receiving computer instruction or no treatment, indicating that music uniquely enhances higher brain functions required for mathematics, chess, science, and engineering.”
– From Neurological Research Feb. 28, 1997; Frances Rauscher, Ph.D., Gordon Shaw, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

“Students involved with music score an average of 100 points higher on the SAT tests than students who do not. The longer a student has been involved with music instruction, the greater the difference.”
– From College Board Survey of SAT Test Taker, 2000

“Kindergarten students in group piano classes in the Wisconsin School District of Kettle Moraine outscored those who received no keyboard instruction by 46%”
– From Early Childhood Quarterly, 2000

“Music training – specifically piano instruction – is far superior to computer instruction in dramatically enhancing children’s abstract reasoning skills which are necessary for learning math and science.”
– From the Yamaha Band and Orchestra Division Advocacy Report Spring 2001

“Music helps some people organize the way they think and work by helping them develop in other areas such as math, language, and spatial reasoning”
– From The Musical Mind 1997; Howard Gardner