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The Benefits of Music Education

Posted on May 7, 2014 by srobb

Our Friends at the Royal Conservatory of Music have published a new brochure outlining the benefits of Music Education.  You can find a pdf version on their website here.

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Is Music the engine behind language acquisition?

Posted on October 21, 2012 by srobb

Contrary to the prevailing theories that music and language are  cognitively separate or that music is a byproduct of language, theorists at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music and the Continue Reading →

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Musicians Hear Better into Old Age

Posted on September 20, 2011 by srobb

Canadian researchers find playing a musical instrument delays the onset of age-related hearing decline .Musicians retain the ability to distinguish speech in noisy conditions far longer than non-musicians. That’s the Continue Reading →

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New learning tool on the horizon, teaching hand position through electronic stimulus

Posted on June 27, 2011 by srobb

This one sounds like something out of science fiction, but it is not. WANT to learn a musical instrument, but can’t find the time to practise? A device now under Continue Reading →

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Does Addictive Internet use alter the Brain?

Posted on June 27, 2011 by srobb

Kids spend an increasing fraction of their formative years online, and it is a habit they dutifully carry into adulthood. Under the right circumstances, however, a love affair with the Continue Reading →

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Do Musicians have Better Brains?

Posted on June 9, 2011 by srobb

A new study here summary here) argues that musicians have more highly developed brains than the rest of us. The research relates the concept of high mind development to the Continue Reading →

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Sensory Deprivation Boosts Musicians’ Skill Level

Posted on May 23, 2011 by srobb

Canadian researchers report floating in an isolation tank increased the technical skill level of young jazz players. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Everybody knows the standard answer. But Continue Reading →

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Bribing the Kids, Research shows Stickers Work!

Posted on May 11, 2011 by srobb

Ah! All of you piano teachers out there who give away “stickers” to your young students to positively enforce the development of good practice habits and good technique, well you Continue Reading →

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The Rising costs of rehearsal space for musicians

Posted on May 11, 2011 by srobb

This post is a little off topic, but certainly many urban areas in BC are experiencing perhaps similar problems. The costs for musicians for good rehearsal or studio space in Continue Reading →

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Canadian students do well in International Survey

Posted on March 18, 2011 by srobb

It seems our students in Canada are fairing much better than our friends to the south in the US. Recent results from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) show Continue Reading →

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