For every music teacher you fire, you have to hire a hundred police officers.
Professor of clinical neuropsychology at VU, Erik Scherder, has delved into the effect music has on the brain. He says that listening to music and making music himself is a major contributor to the development of empathetic abilities.
Erik Scherder:
“Making music solves tasks that you would do less well as a man of sixty because there is an age-related decline.”

Kurt Masur