Great article on benefits of music education.  A little dated but still relevant.  If you are doing your research on the benefits of music education use this article!

Thought I would start a discussion thread on what our AR topics are. That way as we are researching and coming across articles and websites we'll have a better way of knowing if we should bookmark something.

(Don't forget to download and install the Digolet tool bar for Safari which will allow you to bookmark something quickly and post it to the group. You can find it at the top right under tools)

My Action Research is implementing the practice software, Smartmusic, and testing it's effectiveness to motivate and to improve upon my students practicing. My subtopics will focus on current uses of computer assisted instructional software for music, motivation, and developing sound practice habits.
If you have had some experience using and/or implementing smartmusic please tell about your experience. Thanks for your help and support!

Having trouble finding peered reviewed articles through EBSCOhost? This is a list of open access Music Journals through the University of Michigan.  It includes a brief description, how often it publishes and if it's peer reviewed.

Great speech on the benefits of music education.