Showing posts with label music education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music education. Show all posts

Monday, 13 April 2009

Can Music Education Help Children In Their Reading ?


"Music Education Can Help Children Improve Reading Skills"

Can music education help children in their reading ? Well a study has suggested that there may be a correlation between music education and an improvement in non-musical areas of a child’s life. This is particularly noticeable in the linguistic, mathematical and spatial spheres.
“Children exposed to a multi-year programme of music tuition involving training in increasingly complex rhythmic, tonal, and practical skills display superior cognitive performance in reading skills compared with their non-musically trained peers, according to a study published in the journal Psychology of Music" .......... MORE

Blues Legend John Mayall Is Dead at 90

Sorry to hear about the death of John Mayall, who was such an influential figure in the British Rock and Blues movement. Rest in peace, John...