by Tim Dawson | Mar 8, 2016 | Tips
Dean Westman, Performing Arts Department Chair and Director of Orchestras at Avon HS provides us some tips on collaboration and why its important to focus on the experience of the student. We hope you enjoy these quick tips from Dean! Collaboration Focus On...
by Mark Goff | Mar 8, 2016 | Music Truths
“A kid with a music degree isn’t limited to a performance or teaching career. Musicians are everywhere. We are project managers, marketers, Finance folks, IT people and engineers. In my twenty-some years as a corporate HR person, I was always impressed by the...
by Mark Goff | Mar 7, 2016 | Music Truths
Researchers from Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center looked at how different types of music and silence were processed in the brains of 21 people with epilepsy. Whether listening to classical music or jazz, all of the participants had much higher...
by Mark Goff | Mar 4, 2016 | Music Truths
“You have to understand what it means for a combat veteran to be agitated in the waiting room. Their pupils are dilated. They are angry or waiting for something to happen. But when we have live music that day, they come to me far more relaxed. It’s like an...
by Mark Goff | Mar 3, 2016 | Music Truths
“Look carefully and you’ll find musicians at the top of almost any industry. Woody Allen performs weekly with a jazz band. The television broadcaster Paula Zahn (cello) and the NBC chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd (French horn) attended college on...
