6 Reasons to study Music

1.You enjoy it!

2.Music helps you in other subjects.
3.Music is good for your mental health.
4.Builds and creates transferrable skills.
5.It helps us to communicate.
6.Music makes you smarter!
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Children who learn music actually do better in Maths
Children whose imagination are sparked by the Arts
are more engaged in school.
Arts are not extras but part of a well-rounded
education.
It helps teach people to see each other through each
other’s eyes.
It teaches to respect us people who are not like us.
This makes us better citizens equipped for life.

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Hollie Whittles
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How playing a musical

instrument benefits
your brain for business
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“Music is the Fuel of
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It will provide transferable skills the rest is course work.
GCSE music involves written, analytical, practical This takes the pressure off revision during those critical weeks
and social/personal skills such as: where they will have many other exams.
• independent learning: having to be disciplined about
practising on their instrument or voice
• team working: particularly if they’re involved in
weekly groups or ensembles, concerts and
performances
• performance and presentation skills which are
useful for any job/career
• listening: this is highly developed in musicians and
it is an important part of the course
• analytical and essay-writing skills
• confidence and self-esteem: which has a knock-on
effect in all areas of life and learning
• creativity and self-expression: helping young people
to think differently and harness the power of their
imagination
Find out more about the benefits of music:
www.wiltshiremusicconnect.org.uk/whymusic

Making music can help a young person maintain good

mental health during a time of high pressure.
Research has shown that music can improve mood and
prompt creative flow, which helps with anxiety and
self- doubt. It can also help young people to regulate
their emotions

Finally, and perhaps most importantly: students are more likely to succeed and achieve a
higher grade if they study something they are good at, and enjoy.
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Employers Look For
· Communication skills
Music helps you to develop verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills. Verbally communicating with other in
rehearsal, sharing ideas, explaining points of view. Non-verbal signals during performance, use of body language to
communicate the meaning of a piece. Written communication of ideas, sharing analysis of pieces, using higher level
vocabulary and use of spelling, punctuation and grammar.
· Honesty
Being honest about your work ethic, creating your own original work.
· Loyalty
Musician are fiercely loyal to their friends, their ensembles and their music.
· Dependability
Musicians have to be dependable. They show dedication to performances and can be depended on to do the rehearsal
and performances. Without dependability, performances could not happen.
· Teamwork
This is one of the very essences of music. Teams of people working together to create performances. The teams
include both musicians and non-musicians in supporting roles. Teamwork is what drives music around the world.
· Flexibility
Musicians have to be able to adapt to new situations quickly. They are able to respond to feedback from a leader and
change the way they perform to suit their needs. Musicians are able to play for a range of different situations and in
different contexts.
· Self-reliance and Determination
Being self-reliant is how a musician strives to improve. They are determined to be the best that they can, to do the
audition and get the job. They are self-reliant in their ability to reflect on their performance and find ways to improve.
· Eagerness to learn
Musicians are always learning, new skills, pieces techniques and constantly adapting and developing new ways of
working depending on the circumstances.
· Confidence
A musician has to be confident to be able to perform in front of audiences, sometimes small but sometimes in their 10s
of thousands
· Work ethic
A musician spends hours and hours practicing to ensure that their performances are the best that they can be.
· Determination and Ambition
The determination to succeed drive musicians to constantly improve.
· Problem-solving skills
This can also be known as creativity. When creating music, musicians are problem solving how to show different
emotions and scenes. They also look at how
· Positivity
The ability to respond to knock-backs at auditions, or feedback on compositions and keep trying is a hallmark of the
positive musician.
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Just an anecdote - A colleague of mine has two
boys who study medicine-
being percussionists meant they were ideal for
being a surgeon,
they got to the top of the tree simply because
they played percussion.
Every surgeon I’ve been In a world where many traditional jobs and careers are
treated by has learnt and “Accountant. Solicitor. Sales executive.
Management consultant. Project manager. Job
gradually being automated, replaced by machine learning
and AI, music teaches you the essential, irreplaceable
studied music. And I’ve titles guaranteed to make everyone think you’re human creative thinking skills that distinguish the very top
very dull. But!!! Music makes you interesting!” performers in the worlds of business, science, academia and
seen many! the arts.
“We are drowning in information, while starving for
wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers,

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don’t know the full details but that’s it in a people able to put together the right information at the right
nutshell. time, think critically about it, and make important choices
wisely.”

Most tech companies (Dyson,

Aerospace etc) favour musicians. Makes you a well balanced
We think outside the box. We take student which universities
I have two Oxford music graduate ex-pupils who are now barristers. The law
conversion course at Oxford always favoured musicians for their multiple and creative risks. They want to employ love!
varied skills. My children's graduate and postgraduate maths/physics friends
from Oxford and Bristol have almost all taken music A level and used to join in
humans not techy clones.
revision days on Bach chorales I ran at home with my A level students. The
entire woodwind section of Bristol University symphony orchestra was STEM
subjects when my daughter joined them, and all the double reeds were maths
undergraduate and postgraduate students. Over 15 years, 65% of my A level I had a trombone student. I told him to put that fact into
music classes went to Oxbridge (45% to study subjects other than music). PWC his UCAS application. “But I’m applying for an
used to ask interviewees which instrument they played, not whether they engineering degree they won’t want to know that”
played. PWC actuaries and other employees perform pantomimes and concerts Humour me, I said , it will show that you have discipline
regularly for charity - very fine musicians! Employers want time organisation, and determination to tackle new things and to work with
presentation skills, analysis, ability to organise thoughts and argument, others for a joint outcome.
creativity and the ability to work both independently and in teams….. He put it on his UCAS because he had room
He went for an interview at his first choice University, sat
down and the interviewer said. “So, I see you play
My daughter is a Barrister who only got a pupilage in a
trombone. Tell me about that” he got an unconditional
chambers on the back of being a musician. She studied offer.
music to A level and that’s all they wanted to discuss in The fact is if you are applying for a degree you’re almost
her interview. All applicants have straight A’s at that level certainly able to chat about the subject and why that
and I believe they are looking for people with something university. But talking passionately about something you
about them. are interested in might make you stand out from the
crowd.
The interviewer also played trombone.
6 Reasons to study Music
1.You enjoy it!
2.Music helps you in other subjects.
3.Music is good for your mental health.
4.Builds and creates transferrable skills.
5.It helps us to communicate.
6.Music makes you smarter!
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