by Vincent | Mar 3, 2013 | Special Needs |
Music can be a motivating and fun way to teach all children and in particular children with special needs. It is unquestionable that through the medium of music many essential and enabling life skills can be learned and the benefits that playing and learning music can...
by Vincent | Mar 1, 2013 | Academy TidBits |
🎩 Maestro Mellow’s Storytime: How Music Notation Came to Be! 🎵 Did you know? Music notation is kind of like the Chinese language.It’s old. REALLY old And it’s full of hidden meanings and history! In Chinese, sometimes a word isn’t just a word — it’s a picture with a... by Vincent | Jul 16, 2012 | Music Learners, Music Teachers |
When someone has made the decision that they want their children to learn how to play piano, there is no substitute for personal contact with a gifted piano teacher who patiently guides her students along the blissful musical journey, whether traditional or... by Vincent | Aug 27, 2010 | Music In School |
Music has everything to do with math, science and education. The value of music education cannot be denied. To substantiate this premise, we can quote statistics and studies that show how a large portion of scientists, mathematicians and doctors are amateur musicians... by Vincent | Aug 15, 2010 | Music Therapy |
The Mozart Effect: What is it about? A few years ago there was quite a bit in the newspaper and popular magazines about "The Mozart Effect." Many people believed that simply listening to the music of Mozart would raise their I.Q. and marketers went to work churning...
by Vincent | Aug 1, 2010 | Music In School |
There are many basic reasons that justify the inclusion of music in schools in the elementary curriculum. The first of the reasons is that music serves mainly as an aesthetic or a visual experience. This experience basically involves the observation of significance...