COLUMBIA - As one of the first Suzuki violin teachers in Columbia, Siri Geenen has taught for 18 years. Among the 200 students she's had over the year, the youngest is only three-year-old. It's almost ...

Young kids naturally gravitate to music. While being fun and enjoyable, introducing kids to music education at an early age can help them grow and develop in all areas of life. “Early music is hugely ...

Volunteers at the after-school MusicalMinds program help underserved children learn music, along with a variety of social skills and character development. Many of the volunteers are retired educators ...

Almost 20 years ago, psychologist Ellie Brown was looking to do research on a Head Start preschool program, to examine how it affected kids from low-income families. Brown, a professor of psychology ...

Learning music is good for everyone, especially children, whose brains are constantly developing. Along with activities like sport, maths, learning languages and ballet, music has been shown to ...

ouths learn the “Do-Re-Mi” to music as part of a program presented by the Lahaina Arts Guild. Photo courtesy Lahaina Arts Guild Cindy Smith retired from teaching in California but was drawn back to ...

As a psychologist as well as a linguist, I am fascinated by the idea of how music and language can shape our brain, and how our brain attunes to musical and speech sounds differently. I study this ...