by Tim Dawson | May 7, 2018 | Music Truths
Nearly half of parents and teachers support integrating music into the professional development of all educators. ~ NAMM Foundation and Grunwald Associates LLC (2015). Striking a Chord: The Public’s Hopes and Beliefs for K–12 Music Education in the United States:...
by Tim Dawson | May 3, 2018 | Music Truths
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...
by Tim Dawson | May 1, 2018 | Tips
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...