Johnson Lui's List: Declining Male Enrolment

• FACTORS THAT PREDICT PARTICIPATION IN CHORAL MUSIC FOR HIGH-SCHOOL   STUDENTS
• Participation in music and the fine arts can be viewed as having both   musical and non-musical benefits for participants at all levels.
• Another consideration is students’ beliefs about their own musical   ability. Austin (1990) found that students with higher levels of musical   self-esteem (typically found in girls and lacking in boys) were more   likely to participate in school music.
• She found in her interviews with high school   students that they valued music as a potential source of confirmation   and confidence, an opportunity to demonstrate or acquire skills, and an   opportunity to perform with others.
• In a study regarding high school music programs (2001), the Grammy   Foundation discovered that music participation was higher in schools   with a higher socio-economic status (SES).
• “At-risk” students involved in fine arts electives had   significantly better attendance than those “at-risk” students not   involved in the fine arts (Taetle, 1999). High school students with   music experience rated higher on measures of creativity than students   without music experience

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