Published: Jun 11, 2015 |
Category: Why We Love Music!, Benefits of Music and the Mind, Simply Music News
What is this special project all about?
"We're calling it the Simply Music Gateway program. It's the development and production of an adaptive piano curriculum. It's the first of its kind, designed specifically for children with significant learning differences, including those on the Autism spectrum. Our commitment with this project is to complete its development and then give the program away, absolutely free, to every family in the world who has a child with sp.....
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Published: Jun 1, 2015 |
Category: Why We Love Music!, Benefits of Music and the Mind, Recommended Reading, Instrument Appreciation
Great Article in Time Magazine, about how science has shown that when children learn to play music, their brains begin to hear and process sounds that they couldn’t otherwise hear.
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Published: Apr 30, 2015 |
Category: Inspiration, Why We Love Music!, Benefits of Music and the Mind
Here is a wonderful resource: Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony’s DVD Keeping Score: Mahler – Origins and Legacy has been awarded the most prestigious German recording award, Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, by the German Record Critics' Award Association!
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Published: Apr 29, 2015 |
Category: Why We Love Music!, Benefits of Music and the Mind
Tania de Jong AM makes the case that people singing together can change the brain. Pushing the idea that creativity is the strategic tool of the 21st century...
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Published: Apr 12, 2015 |
Category: Inspiration, Why We Love Music!, Benefits of Music and the Mind
Ready to Dance in your seat? Check this out!
The Math behind the beats.
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Published: Apr 11, 2015 |
Category: Inspiration, Why We Love Music!, Benefits of Music and the Mind
A baby born without eyes, does amazing things at the piano, This story is truly inspiring, click here for the whole story......
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Published: Mar 26, 2015 |
Category: Inspiration, Benefits of Music and the Mind
This is a truly inspiring young man
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Published: Mar 9, 2015 |
Category: Inspiration, Why We Love Music!, Benefits of Music and the Mind
Adrian, a 9-year-old, piano-playing smarty pants wins over the judges with his charm and amazing musical skills. See him rock the keyboard.
The kid prodigy wows the audience with his rendition of Chopsticks and classic piano piece, "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik." See another astonishing piano moment from Adrian Romoff!
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Published: Mar 7, 2015 |
Category: Inspiration, Benefits of Music and the Mind
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
The name of the talk is Do Schools Kill Creativity?
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Published: Mar 6, 2015 |
Category: Benefits of Music and the Mind
A study in the journal Social Science Quarterly reveals that music participation, defined as music lessons taken in or out of school and parents attending concerts with their children, has a positive effect on reading and mathematic achievement in early childhood and adolescence. Additionally, socioeconomic status and ethnicity affect music participation. Click here for more info......
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Published: Mar 3, 2015 |
Category: Benefits of Music and the Mind
There is no greater gift than unlocking the mind. She spent a lifetime inspired by music and it gave her an awakening once again. Visit www.musicandmemory.org to learn more about this inspirational outreach of music.
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Published: Feb 15, 2015 |
Category: Benefits of Music and the Mind
Eleven Facts About Music Education.....
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Published: Feb 7, 2015 |
Category: Benefits of Music and the Mind
Exercise for your Brain? Read This Article.....
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