Exploring the best age to start music lessons, the American Music Institute highlights the cognitive and social benefits for ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. In 2004, a paper appeared in the journal Psychological Science, titled “Music Lessons Enhance IQ.” The author, composer and University of Toronto ...

Researchers have found that piano lessons have a specific effect on kindergartners' ability to distinguish different pitches, which translates into an improvement in discriminating between words. Many ...

Timothy McKenry is a syllabus consultant and examiner for the Australian Music Examinations Board. There are many reasons a child should learn a musical instrument. Not only does it give them the ...

Conjoint parent-child music lessons can be a recipe for success. Source: Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels Over the past 20 years, I have noticed that parents who play an instrument themselves often approach ...

Managing Editor From jingling bells to beating on drums, making rhythmic noise is the sound of music created during a new class offered for children on Saturdays mornings. Led by musician and educator ...

Timothy McKenry does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

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When you think of kids’ music classes, what comes to mind? Maybe the primary colors and nursery rhyme, folk music style that Kindermusik made so famous. Or you think of elementary school days. Sitting ...

If you are a beginner, you can enroll in MUEL 1115, an online, asynchronous class on any semester including summer. If you have had about a year of lessons, you can enroll in MUEL 1125 in the spring ...