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♪ Burl Ives: Go tell
aunt Rhody,♪

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♪Students: Go tell aunt Rhody,
go tell aunt Rhody ♪

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Elizabeth N.: I think playing an
instrument brings you joy.

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And kids need more joy in
their lives and I see a

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big part of my job is bringing
more joy to their life.

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Rob: There's plenty of
"joy" to go around at

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Luther Burbank Elementary
School in Santa Rosa,

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where every sixth grader
gets a full hour of music

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lessons each week.

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♪ Go tell Aunty Rhody ♪

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Rob: Every Thursday, four music
classes happen simultaneously:

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One for woodwinds,
another for brass winds,

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plus violin and guitar.

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The classes are taught
by a roving band

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of music teachers.

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They repeat this scene at
every elementary school

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in the district
throughout the week.

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It's called
'The Music Blitz.'

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Erik: In the Blitz, just the
trumpets and trombones go

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in a room, just the violins
go in to a room,

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just the clarinets
go in to a room.

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And it gives the teacher
more flexibility and time

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to work with a smaller group
of kids in a very focused

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setting that makes the best
use of our limited time,

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which is one hour a week.

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Rob: Students previously
only had half an hour of

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music a week, or they
had to stay after school...

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a result of cutbacks enacted
during the No Child Left Behind

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era when the focus
shifted away from the arts.

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Elizabeth E.: And I think
that's what led to our

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elementary students only
having 30 minutes of

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music a week.

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I mean, really, 30 minutes?

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You could barely
even get in the room.

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We understand that student
engagement is a key aspect

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of student success.

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You know, English
class is great,

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math class is great,
history is great,

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it's interesting, but the
thing that often engages

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students the most are
things where they're doing

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something, and very
often that's music,

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or art, or dance,
or theater.

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Rob: Elizabeth Evans and
her colleagues visited other

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schools with
successful music programs,

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including Berkeley
and Clovis, near Fresno.

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That's where they came up
with the idea for

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the Music Blitz.

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The first thing they decided
was to hold the music

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classes during the
regular school day.

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Erik: Before this year,
all of our music classes

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involving instrumental music
had to happen before

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or after school at 8 of
our 9 school sites.

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The issue became kids that
took the bus couldn't take

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the programs, kids who
wanted to do sports couldn't

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take the program, kids that
couldn't stay after school,

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for whatever
reason, they walk,

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they had to watch their
little brother and sister,

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they couldn't
do the programs.

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Elizabeth N.: When we
started this program,

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um, most students had
no experience playing

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an instrument, but now
every student

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has that opportunity.

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Rob: Students also get to
choose which instrument they

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want to focus
on for the year.

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Bryan selected
violin...

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inspired by the Mariachi
music his family enjoys.

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He practices for 30
minutes every night.

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Bryan: I usually play inside
my room and then when

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I feel like I'm ready to like
play the song for real,

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I go outside.

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And then I play it for my
parents and then they say

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their feedback and
they say if I can move

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on to different song.

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Rob: Kaela went with guitar,
which she says was hard

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at first...
but she's improving.

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Kaela: I got better and
better at it when he started

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teaching us the
notes like G and C.

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And now that they
let us take some home,

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I practiced it
with my family.

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We play De Colores
and Jingle Bell rock.

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Rob: Kingsly
plays the trumpet,

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and says he looks
forward to Music Blitz days.

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Kingsly: It's fun 'cause on
Thursdays I get to wake up,

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I get to bring my notes
and get to play music.

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That makes me joyful to
spend time with

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other people and
be energetic.

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My mom, she liked that I was
practicing an instrument and

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my grandma, she was really
excited because she used to

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play trumpet and clarinet
when she was younger.

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Rob: Educators say allowing
the students to take the

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instruments home at
night is a key part of

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the Music Blitz.

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Elizabeth E.: They get to
take the instrument home,

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and practice, and that
increases their interest,

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and engagement, and
relationship with that,

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with that instrument.

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Erik: And a lot of the families
are starting to get used to the

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extra noise (laughs)
but they, really has been

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a lot of positive feedback
from all parts of the community.

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♪♪♪

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Rob: And the Music
Blitz is growing.

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Thanks to a one million
dollar state depart of

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education grant the program
is expanding to all 4th,

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5th and 6th graders.

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Elizabeth N.: I was so
excited to hear that we won

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this grant, because I knew
what this was going to do

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for my students.

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I knew that now, my fourth
and my fifth graders were

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going to get the same
experience that my sixth

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graders were having, and
I've seen what a wonderful

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impact it makes on my
sixth graders and

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I was so excited.

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Elizabeth E.: We know that
the arts help students be

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more successful because of
the way it engages the brain

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in other ways of thinking
that are maybe

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not always linear.

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And so it's a great way to
engage students and also

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to increase a student's
mental capacity to learn.

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♪ ♪

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Annc: Studies show
the arts have a powerful

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impact on academic
achievement.

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Music students develop
stronger math

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and reading skills.

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The visual arts teach kids
to see connections

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other students might miss.

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And performing arts students
excel in public speaking

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and memorization.

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Evidence suggests these
benefits grow the longer

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students stay
enrolled in arts education.