Monthly Archives: July 2010

Summertime Blues: What Leisure Time Can Teach Your Kids

Music-making engages so many of us in a positive way in part because it requires us to be present and concentrated in each moment. To really listen and respond, our minds must be free of distraction, immersed in the act … Continue reading

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Music Education Improves Reading Skills, Too

In the last decade, as budget cuts have increasingly stifled arts education, arts advocates have inundated the public with research touting the benefits of music education for other subjects, especially math. Newly published research from the journal Psychology of Music … Continue reading

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