by Tim Dawson | Mar 8, 2018 | 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 Tim Dawson | Mar 6, 2018 | Tips
For today’s installment of the Director Spotlight, we interviewed Mrs. Candi Granlund, Band Director at Sycamore School in Indianapolis. In this segment of the interview, Candi offers her tip trying something new in the classroom! We hope you enjoy this edition of the...
by Tim Dawson | Mar 5, 2018 | 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 Tim Dawson | Mar 1, 2018 | 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 | Feb 27, 2018 | Director Spotlights
Today we have for you the full spotlight interview with Mr. Rob Shaver. Rob is the band director at Tipton Middle School in Tipton, Indiana. We hope you enjoy this installment of the director spotlight.
