Music makes you more competitive
Researchers from the Institute for Talent Research in Music (IBFM) at Paderborn University show that the "Jugend musiziert" competition also promotes highly qualified young talent in non-musical professions.
The study revealed that around half of the competition participants surveyed are currently working in a music-related profession - some are employed and some are freelancers. Of this half, 40 percent work as freelance professional musicians. Twenty percent play in orchestras and 30 percent work as freelance music teachers. The other half of respondents, who do not have a direct music-related profession, work in administrative, social, educational, medical or technical/scientific fields, for example.
75% of those surveyed said that the competition had a consistently positive influence on their musical development. Only 3 percent reported negative experiences. Above all, the acquisition of soft skills, such as experience through performance, competition and examination training, as well as the acquisition of discipline and perseverance, were positively emphasized by the respondents.
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https://www.uni-paderborn.de/nachricht/91018
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