A new Music Center will include eight rooms for private lessons as well as performance/practice areas for a student orchestra and band, choral ensembles, and choirs. Learning to sing and keep rhythm develops coordination. A recent study from the University of California found that music trains the brain for higher forms of thinking. Second graders who were given music lessons scored 27% higher on proportional math and fractions tests than children who received no special instruction.

If 2020 is good for anything, it’s freeing up time for that all-important musical ingredient – practice. If that’s not enough motivation in itself, these memes will be.