FREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES
PETER AND THE WOLF
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES
Our newest program for elementary school children, Peter and the Wolf, has been a huge success – serving over 7500 students!
The FREE, LIVE 50-minute presentation is intended for K-6 students and may be scheduled, by contacting Monterey County Pops! at 831 484-5511 or via e-mail at carl.christensen@montereycountypops.org
WHAT SCHOOLS SAY
"Our staff and students truly enjoyed the performance today. Thank you for bringing a little culture to our school on such a festive day and helping our students to foster an appreciation of the fine arts. I hope your holiday time is filled with music and magic as you spend time with your friends and family.
– Kelly Hendrix, principal Laurelwood Elementary
TUBBY THE TUBA
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES
The tuba's name is Tubby and at first he doesn't like the way he sounds in the band because the other instruments make fun of his um-pahs. With the help of some caring friends, he learns to be
proud of who he is.
This social and emotional learning component is intended to reinforce k-6 standards. It teaches the lesson that no matter who we are or how we are regarded by others around us, we are each unique and special gifts and talents of our own.
The FREE, LIVE 50-minute presentation is intended for K-6 students and may be scheduled, by contacting Monterey County Pops! at 831 484-5511 or via e-mail at carl.christensen@montereycountypops.org
MONTEREY COUNTY POPS!
is an orchestra dedicated to bringing pops and patriotic music performed by professional musicians free-of-charge to the families and visitors of Monterey County while
identifying, engaging & educating
underserved youth of Monterey County.
BENEFITS OF MUSIC EDUCATION
"This large-scale study identified evidence of positive relationships between school music participation and high school exam scores in English, mathematics, and science using population-level educational records for over 110,000 students in British Columbia, Canada. Participation in school music (especially instrumental music) was related to higher exam scores, and students with higher levels of school music engagement had higher exam scores. The positive relationships between music engagement and academic achievement were independent of students’ previous (Grade 7) achievement, sex, cultural background, and neighborhood socioeconomic status, and were of considerable magnitude: The group differences observed in our study were greater than average annual gains in academic achievement during high school. In other words, students highly engaged in music were, on average, academically over 1 year ahead of the peers not engaged in school music. In light of this study (the largest of its kind to date), as well as supporting evidence suggesting music learning in childhood may foster competencies (e.g., executive functioning) that support academic achievement, educators may consider the potential positive influence of school music on students’ high school achievement."
The above summarizes the conclusions of a study by Martin Guhn, Scott D. Emerson, and Peter Gouzouasis published in the Journal of Education Psychology.
A Population-Level Analysis of Associations Between School Music Participation and Academic Achievement
Online First Publication, June 24, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000376