Donald Kalugyer – Director Spotlight

Donald Kalugyer – Director Spotlight

We hope you have enjoyed the tips from Mr. Donald Kalugyer, Band Director at Greenwood Middle School that we shared throughout October. We appreciate Donald sitting down with us and we certainly hope you enjoy the full interview below.  

Music Benefits Include Concentration

More benefits of music for children include learning cooperation, sharing, compromise, creativity, and concentration – skills that become invaluable as they enter school, face new challenges, and begin to form new friendships and develop social skills. ~ © 2015...

Music Participation Improves Brain Processes

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,...

Teachers and Parents Believe Music Is Important

Eight in 10 teachers and more than seven in 10 parents believe the number of minutes of music education required every week is an important quality component. ~ NAMM Foundation and Grunwald Associates LLC (2015). Striking a Chord: The Public’s Hopes and Beliefs for...