Music Training Helps Student Memory

Musically trained children performed better in a memory test that is correlated with general intelligence skills such as literacy, verbal memory, visuospatial processing, mathematics, and IQ. ~ Dr. Laurel Trainor, Prof. of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior at...
Director Tips – Eric Criss: Organization and Preparation

Director Tips – Eric Criss: Organization and Preparation

Welcome back to the Director Spotlight! This month, Mr. Eric Criss joins us on the Director Spotlight. Eric teaches band at NorthWood High School and NorthWood Middle School in Nappanee, Indiana. Eric discusses what he thinks is one of the traits of being a great band...