by Mark Goff | Feb 22, 2016 | Music Truths
Teens described their music teachers as encouraging, motivating and acting as both role models and friends that can be trusted for listening and giving advice. ~ Presentation to U.S. Congress, 2007, Washington D.C. (Invited and arranged by the National Association of...
by Mark Goff | Feb 19, 2016 | Music Truths
A study at the University of California at Irvine demonstrated that young kids who participated in music instruction showed dramatic enhancements in abstract reasoning skills. In fact, researchers have found neural firing patterns that suggest that music may hold the...
by Mark Goff | Feb 18, 2016 | Music Truths
Music is no cure-all, nor is it likely to turn your child into a Nobel Prize winner. But there is compelling evidence that it can boost children’s academic performance and help fix some of our schools’ most intractable problems. ~ Joanne Lipman, “A Musical Fix...
by Tim Dawson | Feb 16, 2016 | Director Spotlights
Our next Director Spotlight is on Mr. Rick Granlund, 6-12 Performing Arts Department Chair and Director of Bands at North Central High School in Indianapolis. Rick leads an amazing program at North Central where almost 300 students choose to be in the band program. We...
by Mark Goff | Feb 16, 2016 | Music Truths
Researchers found that after two years, children who not only regularly attended music classes, but also actively participated in the class, showed larger improvements in how the brain processes speech and reading scores than their less-involved peers. ~ Nina Kraus,...
