by Vicki Grooms | Oct 23, 2017 | Articles
At Gates Mills Elementary School, students are playing music on the wall. The walls are not actually walls, as they are only about a few feet square. They contain items such as trash cans, frying pans, spatulas, pipes, and plastic baskets. While these items are not... by Lawrence Daniel | Jun 17, 2017 | Articles
Students who participate in the STEM guitar project at Boulder City High School are learning the science of music. These students may have never actually played a guitar, but they know everything about how the instrument is supposed to work and what it takes to make... by Patrick Tegge | Apr 26, 2017 | Articles
American students still score poorly on an arts and music exam that is administered nationally. The exam was part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often called the Nation’s Report Card. It was last administered to teens in 2008. According to... by Wilma Stone | Dec 5, 2015 | Articles
Third graders enjoyed solving math problems based on the life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in a videoconference with the Cleveland Institute of Music called “Mozart Math”. The challenge for the students at James H. Boyd Intermediate School in the... by Tom Jacobs | Sep 5, 2014 | Articles
A recent study has found that there is improved brain function with music lessons for poor kids. Children from disadvantaged neighborhoods who took two years of music lessons had improved brain function over their peers who did not receive music instruction. Studies...
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