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Music Instruction Expands Brains!

Post author By Andrew Ingkavet
Post date October 11, 2014
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As an independent, private music teacher, I am always being forwarded studies and news articles about the benefits of music lessons. It definitely feels good to be on the right side of this issue! And it certainly validates my profession. This weekend’s Wall Street Journal has an article, A Musical Fix for U.S. Schools, which […]

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Link between music and academic achievement

Post author By Andrew Ingkavet
Post date February 12, 2009
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A new study in the journal Social Science Quarterly reveals that music participation, defined as music lessons taken in or out of school and parents attending concerts with their children, has a positive effect on reading and mathematic achievement in early childhood and adolescence.

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