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 ...

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 ...

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

Music lessons are less likely to make children smarter and more likely to reveal the curiosity and discipline they already have.

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 ...

A friend's 4-year-old daughter has been asking to take violin lessons, but her mom isn't sure whether now is a good time to start. She asked me because I played violin as a child, starting at age 9.

Since 2023, the Napa Valley Unified School District has contracted with Benicia-based In Harmony Music to provide music ...

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 ...

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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