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Article: Grammys Offer Opportunity to Highlight Music Education

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February 8, 2008
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Dara Ward, +1-202-289-2001, ext. 261, dward@stratacomm.net, for the National Association for Music Education

New Study Links Music Education and Business Executive Advancement

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new Harris Interactive executive omnibus poll of senior business leaders shows a positive association between music education with career advancement. Overall, nearly three-quarters of executives (73 percent) were involved in some type of music program while in school. Vice president and higher executives from Fortune 1,000 companies interviewed were more likely to have stayed in music education programs longer than the general public.

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