The school year is winding down, and many kids will be taking a break from their regularly scheduled activities for family vacation and some down time. Parents also want a break—a break from paying for lessons and making budding young musicians keep up with practice...
Drums form the rhythmic foundation for many kinds of music. While it may seem easy to tap out a rhythm, there’s a whole lot more to becoming a skilled drummer than just feeling a beat or pulling off a dramatic roll. If you want to learn the drums, you’ll need the...
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...
It’s spring time, and it seems like the music recitals are popping up just as quickly as the flowers. Recitals provide an opportunity for students to showcase progress, receive inspiration from other students, and receive support from parents and friends. But they...
When spring taps us on the shoulder after a long winter, most of us want to spend as much time outside as possible. I can still remember sitting at the piano one lovely spring day as a young piano student, plinking out a practice exercise while behind me the screen...
If you’ve stepped into Wal-Mart lately, you’ve seen first-hand that the back-to-school frenzy is in full swing. Kids are agonizing over whether to choose the messenger bag or the leather satchel, and parents are wavering between soccer or drama club for their...
