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3 Things Parents Must Tell Their Children When They Begin a Musical Instrument

“You are allowed to fail, and you will become better because of your failures.” There are no red pen marks for missed notes in music the way there are on tests — there is nothing to feel bad about when you play something “wrong” in music. To become skilled at a musical instrument — and to become great at anything — one needs to struggle a little. In your child’s case, they need to sound bad before they sound good; they need to…

What Musical Instrument Are You?

From the tuba to the violin, to the flute to the oboe - the orchestra is full of such variety! Find out what instrument you'd be in the symphony of life. Brought to you by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

What Should You Pay for a Child's Guitar (Or Any Musical Instrument)?

We ought to put every object of child desire through its own wants-versus-needs test, one that inevitably ends with a question about how much is enough.

Stop Forcing Your Kids to Learn a Musical Instrument

Our daughter Rebekah, who is in second grade, takes three after-school classes every week. On Monday there is violin; on Wednesday, Hebrew; and on Thursday, ballet. One of these classes connects her to a religious tradition going back three thousand years. Two of them are pretty well pointless.I don’t mean that as a bad thing. Pointlessness rules, as far as I am concerned. Lots of great activities...

This Is How Music Can Change Your Brain

Actively learning to play an instrument can help a child's academic achievement

5 Reasons to Learn a Musical Instrument

Benefits of music education and reasons why you should learn to play a musical instrument.

How Students Learn Self-Efficacy Through Instrumental Music Instruction ·

instrumental music instruction is one of the most incredible ways to learn skills that lead to self-efficacy, and parents would be wise to ensure that their children experience this instruction in their K-12 schooling.

23 Tips: How to Build a Music Resume

Working at a pizza place making $7 an hour is insulting to many musicians. It can be your reality, though. When I met with a recent client that was the scenario. As a career coach, the first question I always ask is “What have you been up to?”

How Music Affects Productivity

Does music itself help someone to create? Read this article to find out of listening to music really does boost your productivity!

How to Use Music for Stress Relief

Music brings great health and stress relief benefits. Discover several ways you can use music to enhance your regular activities and relieve stress.

Music Theory: Learn How To Transpose Music

Many musicians already know how easy it is to transpose Musicnotes sheet music into any key they want with a simple click of a mouse. However, if you're playing from a non-digital file (gasp!), or a beginner

Music Theory Lesson: Learn How to Transpose Music

Transposition is simply the process of changing the key of a piece of music. Follow this easy guide to learn how to transpose your own music by hand.

Benefits of Music Therapy

Music can play a critical role in the recovery of patients with dementia and Alzheimer's. Read our guide to see how music helps patients with Alzheimer’s.

Music and Autism: The Benefits of Music for Special Needs Children

More and more parents and teachers of special needs children are starting to realize the remarkable connection between music and autism. Research has shown that when autistic children interact with…

Music ed isn’t a luxury. All of our children should be learning music

Learning music can increase thinking skills, enrich strategies for learning and creativity, and enhance connections across subjects. We keep discovering more reasons to foreground music education i…

What Music Genre Are You?

What The Heck Is Music Design?

Music Design's Vanessa Burden details her duties and explains how her varied musical background prepared her to program music for a variety of clients.

How to Really Listen to Music

Advice from music scholars on how to select and listen to music more intentionally.

How to break into the music industry

Do you procrastinate about your music career? Do you have as much music self confidence as you would like to have? Why don’t you put yourself out there more? Come to this IN-PERSON MEET &…