Here’s a fascinating and entertaining exposition on the Circle of Fifths:
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How Music Works
This is a really great link to some video clips of “how music works”. I encourage you to take the time to watch these with your child.
How Music Works (via Brainpickings)
Catch the four remaining parts of Melody here: 2, 3, 4, 5.
The rest of Rhythm here: 2, 3, 4, 5.
Scientific Study Shows a Link Between Musical Training and Successful Children
Scientific Study Shows a Link Between Musical Training and Successful Children
January 21, 2015
Professor Harold Hill from The Music Man may have been onto something with his “Think System” after all! A new study by the University of Vermont College of Medicine shows a scientific link between playing an instrument and brain development.
Researchers studied the brain development of 232 children between the ages of 6 to 18, who played a musical instrument. “What we found was the more a child trained on an instrument,” said James Hudziak, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Vermont and director of the Vermont Center for Children, Youth and Families, “it accelerated cortical organization in attention skill, anxiety management and emotional control.”
The authors of the study discovered results that were music to their ears—playing music altered the behavior-regulating areas of the brain. For instance, practicing music changed the thickness in the part of the cortex that pertains to “executive functioning, including working memory, attentional control, as well as organization and planning for the future,” wrote the studies author’s.
Hudziak hopes his findings will help convince people to use positive things, such as music, as a treatment for psychological disorders such as ADHD. A disturbing fact from the U.S. Department of Education reveals, “three-quarters of U.S. high school students ‘Rarely or never’ take extracurricular lessons in music or the arts.”
It’s never too late for you or your child to get involved with music on some level, even if it’s simply listening. Here are some recommended songs performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square that you can enjoy with your children:
Piano Lessons Are Good for You and Your Brain
2016 Dates to Remember
March 25– No school, No piano
Spring Recital #1- Sat. April 9, 1 pm, Church dress, Pls bring a refreshment to share! Thanks!
Spring Recital #2- Sat. April 9, 6 pm, Church dress, Pls bring a refreshment to share! Thanks!
AIM- April 16,
Here is what I have so far. for AIM scheduling.
AIM Levels 1-5, 1 slot, 7 min, Levels 6-9, 2 slots, 14 min, Level 10, 3 slots, 21 min
Below are all my available times. Please confirm. Thanks.
Penni
Geri Gibbs, 670 S. Edgewood Drive, North SLC
8 am, Ali
8:14 am, Kayla
12:07 pm, McKayla
12:28 pm, Madison
12:42 pm, Hailey
12:49 pm, Hudson
12:56 pm, open
Katherine Chipman, 433 South 10 West, Farmington
8:28 am, Ashby
8:35 am, Clark
8:42 am, Max
Angela McBride, 1386 North 75 West, Centerville
8:49 am, open
9:10 am, Jalia
9:24 am, Myan
9:31 am, Abby
9:38 am, Toby
Bonni Hobbs, 49 Cynthia Way, North SLC
10:35 am, open
10:42 am, open
10:49 am, open
Coila Robinson, 19 West 1700 South, Bountiful
11:17 am, Grace
11:24 am, Nathan
11:31 am, Katrina
11:38 am, Leitalia
12 noon, Rebecca
12:14 pm, open
Wolfgang’s Konzert Haus,381 North 900 East,Bountiful
12 noon, Ian
12:21 pm, Celeste
April- Federation Concerto, April 19-20,
Tues April 19, Lois Matthews’ home,
2506 N, 2450 E, Layton
7:55 pm, Katrina H
8 pm, Leitalia T
8:05 pm, Abby S
Wed April 20, Elaine Beckstrand’s home,
544 N 150 W, Kaysville
8:45 pm, Hailey W
8:55 pm, Ali F
May 30– Memorial Day, No school, No piano
May 30-Jun 3- No piano
June 3-Last day of school
June 6-Summer piano schedule starts
Summer Recital– date/time TBA