by Mark Goff | Jun 29, 2017 | Music Truths
“Students of all ages – that includes adults – generally find that music helps them focus more clearly on the task at hand and puts them in a better mood for learning.” ~ Chris Brewer, founder of LifeSounds Educational Services, quoted in “Boost Memory and Learning...
by Mark Goff | Jun 26, 2017 | Music Truths
Research indicates the brain of a musician, even a young one, works differently than that of a nonmusician. “There’s some good neuroscience research that children involved in music have larger growth of neural activity than people not in music training. When you’re a...
by Mark Goff | Jun 22, 2017 | Music Truths
The cognitive structures developed through music instruction “exposed and illuminated more general organizing structures relevant for multiple disciplines. ~ Portowitz,P., Lichtenstein, O., Egorova, L., & Brand, E. (2009). Underlying mechanisms linking music...
by Tim Dawson | Jun 20, 2017 | MFA Summer Symposium
Music for All has a Special Symposium Announcement. Please read below for all of the details. Special Symposium Announcement Additional Musicians Needed for Music for All’s Summer Symposium Music for All needs additional instrumental students to balance out...
by Mark Goff | Jun 19, 2017 | Music Truths
An analysis of data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 demonstrated a significant correlation between participation in school music groups and achievement in math and English. ~ Broh, B. A. (2002). Linking extracurricular programming to academic...
