There are many reasons a child should learn a musical instrument. Not only does it give them the opportunity to make music, a significant body of research points to benefits for cognitive and academic ...

Conjoint parent-child music lessons can be a recipe for success. Source: Ketut Subiyanto/Pexels Over the past 20 years, I have noticed that parents who play an instrument themselves often approach ...

In a recent study published in the journal PLOS One, researchers at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, investigated the association between formal music instruction during childhood ...

My grandmother is a pianist, but I never learned as a child. For the last 10 years, I've been taking lessons alongside my ...

I’m married to a musician, which means that our house is typically filled with some type of music for a lot of the day. Although I’m an avid music listener, I’m not generally a participant when it ...

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 ...

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 ...

For many parents, enrolling their children in music lessons is more about helping them discover new hobbies. But many are unaware of the fact that learning music can have much deeper effects on a ...

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 ...