“Music is all about creating neural networks and expanding the speed and capacity of the pathways that determine skill and memory.”

Ted Barone

93% of elementary schools in Colorado offer formal arts education, but access for every child still remains a challenge, with 29,000 students attending public schools that do not offer any formal arts education.

-2008 Study of Arts Education in Colorado Public Schools, Colorado Department of Education

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Updated: 2/11/10

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