by Mark Goff | Apr 18, 2016 | Music Truths
The College Board identifies the arts as one of the six basic academic subject areas students should study in order to succeed in college. ~ Academic Preparation for College: What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do, 1983 [still in use], The College Board, New...
by Mark Goff | Apr 15, 2016 | Music Truths
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...
by Mark Goff | Apr 14, 2016 | Music Truths
Teens music as their “social glue” and as a bridge for building acceptance and tolerance for people of different ages and cultural backgrounds. ~ Presentation to U.S. Congress, 2007, Washington D.C. (Invited and arranged by the National Association of Music...
by Tim Dawson | Apr 12, 2016 | Tips
Bill Stultz, Director of Bands at Columbus North High School, provides us a few tips for both young and veteran teachers and talks about his approach to developing the individual musician through student participation in the IBA All state programs within his program....
by Mark Goff | Apr 12, 2016 | Music Truths
Teens are committed to their instruments and their school ensembles because they love to be involved in these musical and social groups; 20% of the respondents specified instruments as part of their musical identities, whether or not they were engaged in school music...
by Mark Goff | Apr 11, 2016 | Music Truths
A study of healthy male college students found that, while riding stationary bicycles, the participants worked harder while listening to fast music. Extra bonus: They also enjoyed the music more. ~ Scott Christ, “20 surprising, science-backed health benefits of...
