Perspectives on the Potential Benefits of Children’s Group-based Music Education

Recent empirical evidence suggests that attending individual instrumental training in music schools benefits the development of cognitive skills such as language and executive functions. In this article, we examine studies have found these transfer effects provided by group-based education school preschool contexts. We conclude lessons may enhance children’s possibly functions, but for impact activities on intelligence—as measured nonverbal intelligence tests—or long-term prosocial abilities is scarce. Although beneficial functions are small, they seem to be discernible. However, do not know if apply all children or only to, example, who enjoy engaging musical activities. suggest should part national curricula, because both enjoyment learning music-related it general learning. parallel, encourage new longitudinal projects launched, enabling further investigations into promises music.