by Vincent Miele | May 2, 2010 | Musical Literacy |
When considering "literacy," we often assume that we are considering knowledge of communication through the written word. However, the reading and writing of music are also communication skills that fall within the notion of "literacy." Music is a...
by Vincent Miele | May 2, 2010 | Adult Learners, Grandparents, Parents, Seniors |
It may be easier to learn young, but it may be more fun to learn later. Let's face it: Many of us looking to sharpen our intellectual edges have already passed the age when becoming a prodigy is an option. We missed the opportunity to start clarinet lessons at 5. We...
by Vincent Miele | May 2, 2010 | Music Learners, Special Needs |
What do grocery stores, hotels, restaurants, places of worship, shopping malls, and automated phone systems have in common? It's music. When you're out and about, almost wherever you go, you will hear some sort of music. It affects how you feel, helps you to...
by Vincent Miele | Apr 27, 2010 | Early Learners |
Rats were exposed in utero plus 60 days postpartum to either complex music (Mozart Sonata (k. 448)), minimalist music (a Philip Glass composition), white noise or silence, and were then tested for five days, three trials per day, in a multiple T-maze. By Day 3, the...
by Vincent Miele | Apr 27, 2010 | Early Learners |
By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY, Jan 26, 2009 All God's children got rhythm — and at a much earlier age than doctors ever suspected, a small study shows. Studying children's sense of musical timing has long been challenging. The babies in the study...
by Vincent Miele | Apr 27, 2010 | Grandparents, Music Therapy, Seniors |
The man had not spoken in three or four years. An older man in the late stages of Alzheimer’s, he could no longer care for himself and required a high level of assistance in his daily activities of living. But on one particular day, Concetta Tomaino, DA, a...
