Early Music Lessons Have Longtime Benefits

If you already knew that music contributes to a greater success in academics, keep reading.  This article published by the New York Times gives us information on some of the latest studies done that show that early music lessons continue to show their effects long into adulthood and even into senior years.  Their study shows a difference in attention and memory skills as well as picking apart linguistics and auditory abilities in dealing with hearing loss. It is SUPER interesting and gives you yet one more reason to give yourself a HIGH  FIVE for a job well done in getting involved with music!  To read the article go here: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/early-music-lessons-have-longtime-benefits/

Do you have to be a musician to appreciate music?

Do you have to be a musician to appreciate music?  Well, friends, the answer is no!  Any untrained ear can appreciate music.  Just take a look!  With just a little bit of instruction the untrained (human) ear can be taught to hear themes, dynamics, sequences, repetition, chord structure and so much more.  That's why we use "puppet shows" in Let's Play Music and "dances" in Sound Beginnings.  We are training these little 2-7 year old ears to pick up on all of these complicated things...and have fun while doing it!