Sean Cavanagh has done research in secondary classrooms that supports the idea of music education being beneficial to students. Not only to the students get the opportunity to learn about the cultural side of music, but it also helps students with both mathematics and reading. Students must have the ability to simultaneously read and play the notes, read and play the rhythm, put it all together while producing a sound that is full of emotion and expression. The concentration that this takes carries over to the classroom. Because music education has so many benefits for students, why is it being cut from schools? I know that money is tight but I think that children deserve the opportunity to have music education just like everyone else has. It is a great experience, as well as an educational experience, and I am shocked that people even consider cutting the programs.