In 2004, a paper appeared in the journal Psychological Science, titled “Music Lessons Enhance IQ.” The author, composer and University of Toronto Mississauga psychologist Glenn Schellenberg, had ...

Parents have long treated piano recitals and violin lessons as a kind of academic insurance policy, a cultural bet that ...

Music lessons are sometimes sold as a sort of cognitive training. Put a child in front of a piano, the story goes, and ...

Instructor Noah McCune goes over chords with Ben Rodehaver and Larry Hawk during last Thursday’s FVRC music program lesson. (Photo by Tyler Bennett) ATHENS, Ohio — Retiring in 2012 after teaching ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. - A Gunn High School student in Palo Alto came up with a creative way to help families as they shelter in place. At the same time, she's raising money to help fight the spread of ...

SAGINAW, MI – Ten years ago, John and Katrina Vowell opened a music studio in the city of Saginaw with plans to provide free lessons to kids. The longtime Saginawians and co-founders of Major Chords ...

Kindermusik at Shock City School of Music offers a variety of classes, including some designed for babies and their parents. Other classes help prepare older learners for formal music lessons by ...

PHOENIX - A Phoenix nonprofit built on music is accepting new students. There's no catch. It's free to learn, to play and to take lessons - but the nonprofit says the most important part isn't ...

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