Sneak Peek: Terence Blanchard: A Life in Music—Part Two 
 

Terence Blanchard: They did a study and they found that kids who were involved in music did better in math and science, just in general. So just from a productive point of view, the arts really help us develop another side of our brain. And I'd like to think that it helps us to develop the compassionate side of us that along with these experiences as musicians, allow us to create music to help people heal. But as patrons, it allows you to get away from, like Art Blakely used to say, the doldrums of everyday life.

It allows you to enter into a world where you could put aside things that are bothering you, things that are troubling you just for a moment, which could help rejuvenate your soul to get back to doing the work that you need to do. So I think it's a win-win for everybody involved, because music education is not just about creating musicians, but it's about creating a community that really appreciates the arts, I think. And I've seen what it's done for me. I'm here to tell you.