Short distances promote musical education
Where the distances to a public music school are short, a particularly large number of people often take lessons. This is the conclusion of a new study by the German Music Information Center MIZ, an institution of the German Music Council.
High proportions of music students often correspond to short distances to the nearest teaching facility. The MIZ has therefore calculated the average distances between teaching locations, broken down into regions with low, medium and high population density. Nationwide, the average distances in densely and moderately populated regions are 2 and 4 kilometers respectively. Here, twice as many people are reached as in sparsely populated areas, where the distance is 9 kilometers.
Across Germany, there are 933 public music schools with around 21,000 teaching facilities, which are attended by 1.5 million people. In Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia, for example, around 24 percent of children of primary school age attend a music school, compared to 5 percent in Bremen. The situation is more balanced among 10 to 14-year-olds. In most states, the proportion of music students is between 8 and 10 percent. Baden-Württemberg is ahead with 16 percent.
Original article:
http://miz.org/news-deutsches-musikinformationszentrum-veroeffentlicht-studie-zu-infrastruktur-und-nutzergruppen-oeffentlicher-musikschulen-n21963
