I love piano music especially and I am actually annoyed when I hear that a school wants to cut art and music from it's budget!  Some people look at art and music as a nice extra but not something their children HAVE to learn.  However I think art and music and dancing and all of those creative things really help a child in many ways.  Even if the child doesn't become a rock star, the musical background can help them be more well rounded as a person and appreciate more than just the latest hits on the radio.

An art background can really help a kids creativity!  Name one job that does not use creativity?  I bet you can't!  Arts teach you to think outside the box in a way that math and science never could.  I'm lucky to have gone to a private school where art was highly encouraged.  We were required to take 1-2 fine arts and an applied art, I took more :)

To sum up my whole rant here, I just hate when people think art and music is not important! Some people think that if they encourage art too much their kid will become a starving artist, but that is just not the case!  I have friends from HS that did go into acting, art, and music as a career, but I also have many who went into many other fields and use their skills learned from art.