Why is music education so important? 

	Sound Reasoning A free online introductory music appreciation course offered by Rice University
	Playing Music Can Be Good For Your Brain Stanford Study Finds It Helps The Understanding Of Language from the San Francisco Chronicle
	Sorry, Kids, Piano Lessons Make You Smarter an article from Forbes.com
	Why Music is an Essential Liberal Art By Peter Kalkavage
	Mozart, Music, and the Mind by Cynthia M. Allegrezza from Today's Parent of Massachusetts, September 1999
	The Value of Childhood Music Education from Steinway and Sons
	New Study Shows More of the Brain Used When Making Music from Educational Cyberplayground
	Why Go To All The Trouble! excerpts from How To Get Your Child To Practice... Without Resorting To Violence!! by Cynthia V. Richards
	Making music is good for the brain from the American Music Conference
	Research Briefs:  Did You Know? from the American Music Conference
	Your Child's Lifetime of Music from the American Music Conference
	Music on the Mind Newsweek Article
	Does Music Affect the Heart Rate? Yahoo.comahoo.com
	Benefits of Learning to Play Piano Technicians Guild Article
	How a Piano Works From the Piano Technicians Guild (And why it's SO important to purchase your instrument from Richmond Piano, a company owned and run by technicians)
	Music Making on the Rise in U.S. Article from Music Teacher Magazine
	A History of the Piano from 1709 to 1980 Article from Music Teacher Magazine
	The Virtual Piano Article from Music Teacher Magazine
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