Learning through music
Using music as an emotional tool
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Read MoreHow parents and grandparents can support and champion music education
We’re all aware that music is good for children and music can keep people happy, healthy and mentally fit throughout their lives – and there’s evidence to back it up. But with threats to arts and music education funding in many countries, what can families of young musicians do to make sure the current generation of young…
Read MoreBe healthy, happy, and mentally fit – make music!
We take it as read that playing a musical instrument or singing is good for the brain, the body and the emotions. Great minds such as Plato, William Shakespeare, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Hans Christian Andersen have said as much, not to mention notable musicians as Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Ludwig van Beethoven and (ahem) John…
Read MoreMusic Services – someone still loves you…
Brilliant blog from Emma Coulthard, Head of Cardiff County and the Vale of Glamorgan Music Service via Music Services – someone still loves you….
Read MoreCould schools teach more of the important things in life?
A little off my usual subject matter, but very much related, because I think learning music gives us access to feelings, understandings and skills that are powerful beyond measure. Following is an excerpt from ‘Eden’, by Tim Smit, the extraordinary story of the Eden project. Tim is a musician, and also the founder of the…
Read MoreFacing up to cuts: the first crowd-funded music service in Wales?
This article was first published in Music Teacher magazine, November 2014. Download the article. Anita Holford reports on the state of play for music services in Wales, and how one music service has faced the challenges of local authority cuts head on. Being a music teacher isn’t easy at the moment, but if you’re working…
Read MoreWhat if … every child had access to music education
Another powerful presentation from academic Anita Collins, asking what the impact might be if a generation’s cognitive abilities are raised – and she gives evidence that it’s possible – through music education. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueqgenARzlE?rel=0]
Read MoreThe role of singing & instruments in learning music – view from Australia
It takes more than singing to strike a chord in music education By Anita Collins, University of Canberra. Reproduced with permission via Creative Commons Licence [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0JKCYZ8hng?wmode=transparent&start=0]How playing an instrument benefits your brain. Yesterday, Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne and Arts Minister George Brandis announced A$594,000 in funding for a new national music…
Read MoreWhat hubs are for – guest blog from Bristol
Siggy Patchitt, Education Manager, Bristol Plays Music, gave an impassioned speech to those who attended a Music Education Council music education seminar in Bristol this month, including representatives from Make Music Gloucestershire. He posted the full speech last week on the Youth Music Network – here’s an edited version written as a guest blog , with…
Read MoreFrom the band room to the boardroom …The 9 common lessons of music education that translate into success
A blog post that advocates music education from the perspective of business leaders. The author interviewed CEOs and business leaders about the correlation between music education and success. I shared this some time ago, but thought it would be timely to repost, as various campaigns for music and arts education pick up steam in the…
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