What Can Classical Music do for You?
It is a simple, established law of nature: you can’t fight physics and win. Yet almost without exception, each student who comes in to my studio wants everything to work within their preconceived notions of how playing or singing should Read More …
“The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard.” –W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge I was talking with a fellow musician who also owns a music business. Read More …
From the New York Times: Disciplinary problems at a school in Derby, Britain, have dropped by about 60 percent since the school began piping classical music into a detention room for troublesome students, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported. But music Read More …
Sometimes, the letters to the editor in professional journals are much more interesting than the research papers that are published. Here’s one from Rob M F van der Weiden: Dr James suggests that some cases of ‘road rage’ in motorists Read More …
From a study by Serbun, Sarah J., and Kenneth G. DeBono: This study proposes that some music preferences might be conditioned in childhood through exposure provided by a primary parent or guardian. We hypothesized that those college students who perceive Read More …
From a study by Gatti MF, and da Silva MJ: Due to the assistant characteristic of the emergency service, the health professional experiences countless situations that generate anxiety. This study aimed to learn the professionals’ perception about the presence of Read More …
March is National Music in Our Schools Month, and in honor of the occasion, I thought I’d present you with a top ten list of why children should be encouraged to listen to classical music and learn to play an Read More …
From a study by Bodner M, Muftuler LT, Nalcioglu O, and Shaw GL: Behavioral studies, motivated by columnar cortical model predictions, have given evidence for music causally enhancing spatial-temporal reasoning. A wide range of behavioral experiments showed that listening to Read More …
From a study by Mulder J, Ter Bogt TF, Raaijmakers QA, Gabhainn SN, Monshouwer K, Vollebergh WA: A connection between preferences for heavy metal, rap, reggae, electronic dance music, and substance use has previously been established. However, evidence as to Read More …
From a paper by John Sloboda (pdf file): The traditions and forms of the academy are, despite what some apologists claim, inaccessible to most people. Their inaccessibility is of two sorts. First, they do not reflect to most people the Read More …
