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Notes

1. Contained in National Standards for Arts Education (Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1994) and in The School Music Program: A New Vision (Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1994).

2. Consortium of National Arts Education Associations, National Standards for Arts Education (Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1994).

 

3. For suggestions, see Performance Standards for Music: Strategies and Benchmarks for Assessing Progress toward the National Standards, Grades PreK-12 (Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1996).

 

4. For further information, see The School Music Program: A New Vision, 1-7.

 

5. Standards for music in prekindergarten (ages 2-4) are not included in the National Standards for Arts Education but are found in The School Music Program: A New Vision, 9-12.

 

6. See John W. Flohr, Daniel C. Miller, and Diane C. Persellin, "Recent Brain Research on Young Children," Teaching Music 6, no. 6 (June 1999): 41-43, 54.

 

7. Ted Tims, "The Impact of Music on Wellness," unpublished paper, conference on "Music Medicine: Enhancing Health Through Music," sponsored by the School of Medicine and School of Music, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, 23-24 April 1999.

 

8. For further information see Opportunity-to-Learn Standards for Music Instruction: Grades PreK-12 (Reston, VA: Music Educators National Conference, 1994).

 

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