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Music Advocacy The following resources and web links are available for you to: 1. Learn about the value of a comprehensive music education for our children, 2. Gain a greater understanding of what you can do to promote and encourage continued support of music education in public schools, 3. Consider the multitude of reasons why music is such a significant part of the human experience. Websites of national music advocacy organizations: NAfME - The National Association for Music Education NAMM Foundation http://www.nammfoundation.org/ Arts Education Partnership http://www.aep-arts.org Save The Music Foundation http://www.vh1savethemusic.com/ Performing Arts Alliance http://paa.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=paa_home_page HealthRHYTHMS Articles (click title to view): NEW: Effects of a School-Based Instrumental Music Program on Verbal and Visual Memory in Primary School Children: A Longitudinal StudyMusic Mirrors Tone Patterns Harris Poll on Music Education ARTS EDUCATION Creating Student Success In School, Work, and Life For Your Reading Pleasure: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature by Daniel J. Levitin Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination by Robert Jourdain This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin How Music Works by John Powell Last Modified on March 18, 2013
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