The Relationship between Musical Skills and Creativity in Children

Developing creativity at school is an essential element in teaching activities. One of the many factors that are crucial for developing creativity, according to much relevant research, is the developed artistic skills among the most prominent and musical skills as determinants for the development of creative thinking and skills. This study was conducted to determine whether this association of musical skills with levels of creativity is complementary and realistic in elementary schools in Kosovo. Therefore, 106 students aged 7–12 in several elementary schools in Pristina were surveyed through two standard instruments, a protocol for evaluating student achievement in the subject of music education and through the Williams Standard Test of Creative Thinking (WCTT 1994). The results showed a strong connection between musical skills and students’ creativity, these findings are also complementary in Kosovo, where according to the results we found that there is a significant statistical correlation between musical skills and creative thinking, in other words, students who display higher levels of musical skills also manifest themselves with a higher level of creativity in the educational process and in everyday life, as well as those students with a solid level (many of well) of musical skills have a high level of creative thinking and vice versa.