The National Standards in Music: Access to String Study for All Children

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For detailed findings see Bergonzi Louis (1996). The national standards in music education: A call for comprehensive music education for all children. In Hotchkiss G. , ed., Loyola University music educatin leadership symposia: Implications of national music standards for string education. Elkhart, Ind.: United Musical Instruments. (For a copy of the paper, write to Gwen Hotchkiss, Music Department, Loyola University, 6363 St. Charles, New Orleans, LA 70118.)

Of those high school students enrolled in schools that offer string classes, more than 4 percent took strings in 1990, compared with 2 percent in 1980, a 50 percent increase in string enrollment. See Bergonzi (1995).

See Bergonzi (1995).