At Tampa Bay Music Academy, we believe investing in a great teacher is vital to creating a lifelong love of music. That’s why we’re thrilled to welcome Dave Rudolph to our team. Dave will be teaching drums and guitar with TBMA, and we look forward to sharing his...
It’s long been theorized that people who study music also display stronger skills in other scholastic endeavors such as math and language arts. Studies have demonstrated links between early music study and higher test scores, but just how far-reaching are those...
Most children begin to show an affinity for music at a very young age. Some children start showing an interest in musical instruments as young as three or four years old, and five is the age many piano teachers recommend beginning lessons. But stringed instruments are...
When I was studying music in college, my most-feared class was sight-singing lab. Ten or twelve of us students would sit in a music lab with our professor and be graded on sight-singing a line of notes from a book. In solfege. You’ve never heard as many warbly notes...
“Aw, Mom! All my friends are playing soccer! Do I really have to practice the piano?” Any parent whose child takes music lessons has dealt with questions like this—sometimes daily. Maybe you’re questioning your decision to enroll your child in music lessons in the...
