Test scores and music education Freep.com Despite glitzy talent shows like “The Voice” or “American Idol,” music is less a road to riches and fame than it is a path to real learning for countless kids in communities across the nation. When children study music, they are developing the part of their brains they use […]
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Steve Colucci: Arts are valuable in and of themselves
Feb 4th, 2014 Providence Journal by Steve Colucci Arts are valuable in and of themselves An impressive Jan. 14 Commentary piece (“Music education offers skills for this century and beyond“) makes a cogent point about the advantages of music education. However, I found it sad that Amanda Siegel, the Rocky Hill student who wrote the […]
Country Music Association donates $1Million to Nashville schools
Country Music Association Country Standard Time Tuesday, January 28, 2014 – The Country Music Association Foundation donated $1 million to benefit music education programs for Nashville public school students from 2013 CMA Music Festival through the Keep the Music Playing campaign at the new Country Music Association Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame tonight. The announcement raises Country Music […]
Richard Gill The Value of Music Education
Richard Gill Tedx Sydney Music educator Richard Gill argues the case for igniting the imagination through music and for making our own music. In this talk, he leads the TEDxSydney audience through some surprising illustrations of the relationship between music and our imagination. Richard Gill has been Music Director of the Victorian Opera Company since […]
Rock band making noise about dwindling music programs
Bramton Guardian by Roger Belgrave The Darcys BRAMPTON— Brampton Centennial Secondary School Principal Terry Whitmell is standing at the foot of the school’s auditorium stage tapping her feet to the live band she’s invited to perform for students during lunch period. The slim-fit foursome behind the amplified electric guitars, keyboard, synthesizer and drums are Toronto […]
How music education boosts learning
Lynda Way Pacific Pre-School and Kindergarten How Music Education Boosts Learning Today, music occupies a special place in the hearts of those in the field of childhood development. This is because music supports learning in a number of ways. Let’s take a look at three of them: Music Aids Brain Growth and Development Regardless of whether […]